Posts by venue: Laing Art Gallery

The real Barras Bridge and Newcastle’s beautiful lost dean

Imagine a deep ravine slicing across the Great North Road next to the Civic Centre, replacing concrete and tarmac with a beautiful tree-lined dean. Well, it’s not fantasy – this was Pandon Dean (or Dene – spelling varied). Much of… Read more

‘Young Anglers, Barras Bridge’, painted by Thomas Miles Richardson: a picture of old Barras Mill-pond?

Art Collections & Objects Exhibitions Laing Art Gallery Local History
Posted by Sarah Richardson on April 16, 2012 Permalink Leave a comment

Thomas Miles Richardson’s idyllic scene of ‘Young Anglers, Barras Bridge, depicts a scene in Pandon Dean. Now completely obliterated, the dean was known for its beauty in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The scene can be located at Barras Mill-pond opposite the present-day Civic Centre. The picture was painted by Newcastle’s leading artist of the time, TM Richardson, senior (1784-1848). Read more

Richard Grainger’s vision for Grey Street, Newcastle

Art Collections & Objects Laing Art Gallery Local History
Posted by Sarah Richardson on March 28, 2012 Permalink Leave a comment

This picture shows Grey Street, Newcastle, when it was still just a twinkle in the eye of the developer Richard Grainger. The scene is an ‘artist’s impression’, painted by John Wilson Carmichael for Grainger to show to investors, Newcastle corporation, and… Read more

Victorian Newcastle Disguised: Castle Garth

Art Collections & Objects Laing Art Gallery Local History
Posted by Sarah Richardson on March 8, 2012 Permalink Leave a comment

The painting on the left of this photo is Henry Hetherington Emmerson’s picture of ‘The Lost Child’, which shows Victorian Castle Garth in Newcastle – disguised as a scene from the past. It is hung next to a picture by… Read more

Victorian Newcastle: The Black Gate and Castle Garth

Art Collections & Objects Laing Art Gallery Local History
Posted by Sarah Richardson on March 5, 2012 Permalink Leave a comment

The picture on the right of this photo is Ralph Hedley’s painting of ‘The Ballad Seller’, which shows the Black Gate in 1884, with a glimpse of Castle Garth in the background. It is hung next to a picture… Read more