File:George Cruikshank - Very unpleasant Weather.jpg

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English: Very unpleasant Weather, or The old saying verified "Raining Cats, Dogs & Pitchforks"!!! An etching by George Cruikshank. Shown is a busy street full of people being bombarded by cats, dogs, and pitchforks falling from the sky. In the background a street vendor with a wheelbarrow is crying out "Cats' meat, dogs' meat!"
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Source National Gallery of Victoria
Author George Cruikshank

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