Dark etching of a misty waterfront at night, with faint buildings and a spire at left and a single figure in a rowboat at lower right.

Rainy Night, etching by Otto Henry Bacher

An etching printed on tan paper shows a dark, hatched night scene along a waterfront, with a row of indistinct buildings and a church spire at left. In the lower right, a small rowboat carrying one figure drifts on reflective water.

Artist: Otto Henry Bacher
Date: 1880/82
Medium: Etching on tan China paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1053 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1882).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Alfred W. Stern

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