Ireland was an amateur artist who worked in oil and watercolour.

Initially based in North Shields, she later moved to South Shields, she submitted a number of works to the Artists of the Northern Counties exhibitions at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle in 1913, 1942, 1944 and 1948.

Ireland has painted a summer view across to the tidal island known as the ‘Velvet Beds’ which ties at the northern end of Marsden Bay In South shields. Tynemouth Priory can just be glimpsed on the headland In the left background. The stands name derived from the lush grasses that used to grow there, which are captured in Ireland’s richly coloured painting. More recent the island has become much barer and this together with its hump like shape, had led to its other name of Camel Island. The name ‘Velvet Beds’ ls now commonly used to refer to the whole northern section of the bay.

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: South Shields Museum & Art Gallery, Tyne & Wear
Material: Oil on Canvas
Artist: Jennie Moulding Ireland (died 1945)
Date: unknown

Image Details
Date: 9 September 2023
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/25s
ISO: 500
Licensing: Image of a North East Museums asset. This image cannot be licensed.