"This procession of drenched spectators return from a royal review of the volunteers corps of London held in Hyde Park on June 4, 1800. Unfortunately the event was spoiled by heavy rain and we see women in light summer dresses and slipper-like shoes trying to keep themselves from getting covered in mud."--Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog
Alternative Title:
Walking in the rain
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from the Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.482., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 9 of volume 14 of 14 volumes.
