Weather and People – The Art of Weather

George Cruikshank’s A Tailor in a High Wind

Author By Ava Zielinski '25
Categories: 19th Century, Europe, Mead Art Museum, Print, Weather and Culture, Weather and People, Wind

A stylized depiction of a man holding an infant, facing into a strong wind, with their garments—including his wig—soaring into the air. The expressions on their faces show shock and horror.

Hiroshige’s Sudden Shower at Ohashi

Author By Julia Zacher '25
Categories: 19th Century, Asia, Mead Art Museum, Print, Rain, Weather and People, Weather and the Built Environment

Woodblock print of a stormy, rainy scene. Travelers walk over a bridge and try to avoid the rain falling.

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg’s Landscape with Overturned Wagon in a Storm

Author By Kayly Vargas '26
Categories: 19th Century, Clouds, Europe, Mead Art Museum, Painting, Storm, Weather and Destruction, Weather and People

A moody landscape of a dark forest, with a horse drawn wagon pulling through a path. In the stormy sky, lightening strikes down near the carriage.

Frank Ward’s Photograph of Students in Snow

Author By Dominic Udoakang '25
Categories: 20th Century, Frost Library Archives, North America, Photograph, Snow, Weather and Amherst, Weather and People

Three female and one male Amherst College students enjoy a sled ride in the fresh snow on a clear, brisk day atop Memorial Hill.

Hiroshige’s View of Yedo

Author By Olivia Stewart '25
Categories: 19th Century, Asia, Mead Art Museum, Print, Snow, Weather and People, Weather and the Built Environment

Woodblock print of a snowy canal scene in Edo, with figures in traditional clothing standing on a dock as a small boat approaches through falling snow.

Gabriel Cooney’s Photograph of Students in Snow

Author By Maisie Stewart '25
Categories: 20th Century, Frost Library Archives, North America, Photograph, Snow, Weather and Amherst, Weather and People

A man and woman laughing and playfully throwing snowballs at each other under a snow-covered tree in a snowy scene.

Sarah Berman’s Rainy Street Scene

Author By Elizabeth Papalia '25
Categories: 20th Century, Mead Art Museum, North America, Painting, Rain, Weather and People, Weather and the Built Environment

Three women in brightly colored clothes and carrying umbrellas navigate a dark city street.

Winslow Homer’s The Fisher Girl

Author By Ceci Malone '28
Categories: 19th Century, Fog, Mead Art Museum, North America, Painting, Weather and Nature, Weather and People

A young woman in a 19th-century working dress, carrying a large fishing net, surrounded by gray fog on the beach.

Yoruba Shango Staff

Author By Patience Kum '25
Categories: Africa, Mead Art Museum, Sculpture, Storm, Weather and Culture, Weather and People

Carved wooden ceremonial staff featuring a female figure holding a gourd beneath a double-headed axe symbol.

Hiroshige’s Print of Kambara in the Snow

Author By Peter Kliziwecz '25
Categories: 19th Century, Asia, Mead Art Museum, Print, Snow, Weather and People, Weather and the Built Environment

A snowy nighttime scene. The foreground features one figure resting while two figures trudge through the snow.