In this lively street scene illustrator Richard Caton Woodville cached a reference to his collague Melton Prior, the most popular special artist of the era, and whose traditional dress code.

Richard Caton Woodville,’ Shower in Piccadilly’, Illustrated London News, 18 September 1886 (Kensington and Chelsea Public Libraries, photo Tom Gretton)

Richard Caton Woodville,’ Shower in Piccadilly’ (detail) , Illustrated London News, 18 September 1886 (Kensington and Chelsea Public Libraries, photo Tom Gretton)