Title: Thank God for the rain... especially since Europe was almost set on fire, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, October 8, 1866
Object type: Print
Date: October 8, 1866
Portfolio: 'News of the day' (Actualités)
Artist:  Honoré Daumier 
Artist bio: French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Lithograph and pen and brown ink on newsprint; third state of three (proof)
Dimensions: Image: 10 in. × 7 13/16 in. (25.4 × 19.9 cm)
Sheet: 14 3/16 in. × 11 in. (36 × 28 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Satire, term: Women, term: Rain