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Etching of a rainy night street with umbrellas, pedestrians, a horse-drawn carriage and lit shopfronts, with a bare tree at right.

Rainy Night, Charing Cross Shops

An etching of a rain-soaked street at night, with umbrella-carrying pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage passing a row of shopfronts lit from within. Fine hatched lines render falling rain and dark, glossy pavement, while a bare tree leans in at the upper right.

Artist
Joseph Pennell
Date
1903
Medium
Etching on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3169 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1903).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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