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

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