Rainy Night, Charing Cross Shops

Joseph Pennell

National Gallery of Art

The image displays a bird's-eye view of a street scene on a rainy day. The composition focuses on the street with buildings lining the left side. People are scattered across the wet street, all carrying umbrellas, moving through the rain. A horse-drawn carriage is traveling along a road bordered by a fence. Thick and impressionistic brushstrokes create a sense of motion and rain through diagonal lines. The color palette is monochromatic, utilizing varying shades of black and brown, with the wet street reflecting light.