“Sea Trials at South Shields” by Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA. Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden

Lowry composed a small pen and ink study for this painting while staying at the Seabur Hotel, Sunderland. Here, he was only a short taxi journey to the docks at South Shields, which became the subject for a small number of paintings and drawings of the bustling port at the mouth of the River Tyne. In this painting Lowry creates an un-easy dramatic

fisting upwards from the ship – the viewer tension – with the tall, thick plumes of smoke

must question whether it is normal, nothing-to-worry-about steam, or whether something darker has occurred on the last stage of testing the boat before her maiden voyage.

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden, Tyne & Wear
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA (1887-1976)
Date: 1963

Image details
Date: 1 February 2023
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Telephoto Camera 52mm ƒ/2.4
Focal Length: 52mm
Aperture: ƒ/2.4
Shutter Speed: 1/50s
ISO: 160
Licence: Image of a Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden asset. This image cannot be licensed.