The Rain It Raineth Every Day

The Rain It Raineth Every Day is an 1889 oil-on-canvas painting by the Newlyn School artist Norman Garstin and is perhaps his best known work.

The painting depicts the seafront between Newlyn and Penzance in Cornwall, in windy and rainy weather, with waves crashing onto the promenade.

It shows several groups of people walking in the rain, some with umbrellas, a policeman with a cape, and a man standing beside a horse and cart.

Beside a rail at the edge of the promenade stands a blue painted cast iron RNLI collection box, installed in 1877 to raise funds for the Penlee lifeboat.

It was bought online in 2018, and restored in 2020 by the BBC television programme The Repair Shop, to be exhibited at Penlee Lifeboat Station.