Robertneuk

Art. Architecture. Travel. All three if possible.

[Robertneuk @robertneuk]

Coming to auction, a framed set of five cross section and floor plans plus a lithograph (?) of the Alliance Assurance Company building, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Designed by Newcomb and Newcomb Architects and built in 1910.

45.5cm x 68cm.

Image: Special Auction Services, Newbury

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Coming to auction, a bronze medal coin by Elkington and Co commemorating the opening of the North Eastern Railway King Edward Bridge over the River Tyne, dated 1906.

4.7 cm diameter.

Image: Bentley's Auction Rooms

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At auction, a scarce etching by Robert Charles Goff (1837-1922), 'Newcastle on the Tyne'.

Goff had an unusual life before becoming a full-time artist: he fought in the Crimean War, retiring in 1878 from the Coldstream Guards with the rank of colonel.

Image: John Nicholson's

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Coming to auction, an aquatint on paper by William Daniell (1769-1837) of Tynemouth, dated 1822.

16.5cm x 24cm.

It's likely that this was produced by Daniell for his monumental work "A Voyage Round Great Britain", 1814-25.

Image: Burstow & Hewett

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At auction, a bronze advertising model of a variable propeller blade by Henry Watson & Sons, High Bridge Works, Walkergate, Newcastle.

158cm high.

From 1925, the Brass Foundry was able to cast large solid manganese bronze propellers.

Image: Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood

[Robertneuk @robertneuk]

@kellegall @TyneSnapper There's a fascinating and moving account of one person's role as a volunteer air raid warden at the shipyards in Wallsend here:

https://t.co/EyVBpTm7s2

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At auction, a Second World War Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Co Ltd ARP Fire Watchers enamelled lapel badge.

As vital strategic targets, major shipyards had their own dedicated Air Raid Precautions (ARP) services or "works wardens".

Image: Laidlaw Auctioneers & Valuers

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At auction, an iconic image by the rightly celebrated Chris Killip (1946-2020), titled "Angelic Upstarts at the Barbary Coast Club, Sunderland", a Miners' Strike Benefit Dance from December 1984.

A gelatin silver print with artist's stamp on the reverse.

Image: Roseberys London

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At auction, another signed watercolour by Frank Henry Mason (1875-1965): A destroyer 'On the Tyne'. Dated 1902.

15cm x 26.5cm.

Apparently this painting was later reproduced as a postcard.

Image: David Duggleby Auctioneers & Valuers

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Coming to auction, a signed and framed watercolor by Frank Henry Mason (1875-1965): 'Newcastle-on-Tyne - The Two Bridges'.

15cm x 26.5cm.

A prolific painter of maritime scenes, Mason also designed travel and railway posters.

Image: David Duggleby Auctioneers & Valuers

[Robertneuk @robertneuk]

Coming to auction, a signed watercolour by John Atkinson
(1863-1924) & titled
"Unloading the Fleet" on mount.

Size: 47 x 57cms in frame.

The Fish Quay at North Shields?

Image: Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle

[Robertneuk @robertneuk]

@n_docs Thanks for that. Your suggestion seems spot-on. The date of his birth would fit with the medal.

[Robertneuk @robertneuk]

At auction, a cased silver medal from 1904 presented to John Hannel (or Hannell?) Irvin, "Western Boy's School - For Good Conduct Regular and Punctual Attendance".

An Irvin family was connected with the fishing industry in North Shields. A connection?

Image: Thomas N. Miller

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Coming to auction, the final of 3 watercolour and pencil works by Fred Jay Girling (1900-1982), "Old Houses in Percy Street, 1934", Newcastle upon Tyne. Signed, titled and dated in the margin.

35 x 38.5cms in frame.

Image: Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle

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At auction, another Fred Jay Girling (1900-1982) watercolour & pencil, this time it's "Fish Quay, N. Shields" (North Shields), signed and titled in the margin.

Size is 34 x 35.5cms in frame.

The clear lines reveal Girling's training as an architect.

Image: Anderson & Garland

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At auction, Fred Jay Girling (1900-1982), "The High Light, North Shields, 1936". Signed, titled and dated in the margin, in watercolour and pencil.

Size 34 x 28cms in frame.

Girling was a naval architect who moved to Newcastle in 1929.

Image: Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle

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Coming to auction, a scarce 19th century Newcastle Upon Tyne Fire Office lead Fire Mark; policy number 4762.

19cm x 19cm.

Image: Special Auction Services, Newbury

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At auction, Robert Jobling
(1841-1923), "Shipping on the Tyne", a signed oil on canvas. 92 x 136cms in frame.

Born in Newcastle, he worked first as a glassmaker and then as a painter in a shipyard before becoming a professional artist.

Image: Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle

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At auction, an important presentation album containing 7 watercolours of Tyneside scenes, presented to Joseph Spence JP of Tynemouth, by the Liberal Electors of the Borough on the occasion of the General Election of 1885. He lost.

Image: Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle

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At auction, a signed watercolour by Thomas Swift Hutton
(1865-1935), "North Shields looking inland".

34 x 41.5cms.

From a label to the reverse, the painting was at one time with Ian Sharp Antiques of Front Street, Tynemouth. Long gone & missed!

Image: Anderson & Garland Ltd.