The Late Rain mb-code 1194120 playing musical instruments and holding

playing musical instruments and holding banners

1st February 1992

Middle row: Roy Dwight

10th Earl of Westmorland

showing John Bull in fool's cap standing on top of Marble Arch with the new Buckingham Palace behind

The Late Rain mb-code 1194120 playing musical instruments and holding'The Late Rain', 1865. Two gentlemen hitch their trousers up before attempting to cross the road. Many of London's streets remained unpaved at this time. In addition, a lack of gutters and the dirt of man and horse tended to compound the problem. In wet weather, the roads could become almost impassable, as shown in this cartoon. From Punch, or the London Charivari, July 22, 1865.