Watercolour – IMS Photography

Chesters

Ian Malpass-Scott — Sun, 10 May 2026 17:48:00 +0000

Visitors have been coming to Chesters since the 19th century, as seen in this painting of the east gate by David Mossman (1869).

Provenance: Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Chesters Roman Fort, Northumberland
Material: Watercolour on paper
Artist: David Mossman (1825–1901)
Date: 1869

Image Details
Date: 10 May 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/1,490s
ISO: 25
Licensing: Image of an English Heritage asset. This image cannot be licensed.

The Power of Good

Ian Malpass-Scott — Sat, 02 May 2026 15:54:00 +0000

A label on the back of their picture refers to the impossibility of ridding the world of foolishness.

The elderly ma has forgotten the dignified behaviour appropriate to his age and respectable standards (suggested by his sober, black clothing).

Instead, he s dancing with abandon to the music. Although painted in the early nineteenth century, this picture is set around seventy years earlier, the subject and style of the picture were influenced by Dutch seventeenth century paintings of ordinary life. Thomas Good was a Berwick-upon-Tweed artist.

Provenance: bequeathed by William Wilson, 1955

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: Thomas Sword Good (1789-1872)
Date: 1823

Image Details
Date: 2 Masy 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/28s
ISO: 640
Licensing: Image of a North East Museums asset. This image cannot be licensed.

Mrs Katherine Vulliamy

Ian Malpass-Scott — Sat, 02 May 2026 15:54:00 +0000

Mrs Katherine Vulliamy by Sir John Lavery (1856-1941)

John Lavery came to prominence in Glasgow, where he was involved with the artists known as the ‘Glasgow Boys’. He became widely known and later moved to London. He was elected a Royal Scottish Academician in 1896.

Provenance: Gift, 1955. Shipley Art Gallery

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: Sir John Lavery (1856-1941)
Date: 1908

Image Details
Date: 2 Masy 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/37s
ISO: 320
Licensing: Image of a North East Museums asset. This image cannot be licensed.

Limestone Quarries, General View II

Ian Malpass-Scott — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:54:55 +0000

Sutherland made many views of quarries and mines while working as a War Artist during World War Two.

Here, the fiery red of the sky imbues the otherwise almost monochromatic scene with a dangerous atmosphere. The limestone cliffs below the sky appear bright white, while the people working with the stone seem elongated within a work environment that Sutherland shows as both surreal and hellish.

Provenance: Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee, 1947

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Material: Watercolour, bodycolour and crayon on paper
Artist: Graham Sutherland (1903-1980)
Date: about 1942

Image Details
Date: 6 March 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Telephoto Camera 52mm ƒ/2.4
Focal Length: 52mm
Aperture: ƒ/2.4
Shutter Speed: 1/33s
ISO: 640
Licensing: Image of a North East Museums asset. This image cannot be licensed.

Near Capel Curig, with a view of Mount Snowdon, Wales

Ian Malpass-Scott — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:54:55 +0000

In this watercolour, Glover captured the drama of the Welsh mountain Yr Wyddfa (also known as Snowdon in English), the tallest mountain in England and Wales.
The huge peak dominates the view – the dark colour palette and dramatic light also suggest the sublime.
However, the scene below, which includes a stream that leads the eye through the picture, is more idyllic.
The sheep and the figures in the foreground hint at how people make a living within this landscape.

Provenance: Gift from the Walker Mechanics Institute, 1942

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Material: Watercolour
Artist: John Glover (1767-1849)
Date: about 1793-1830

Image Details
Date: 6 March 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Telephoto Camera 52mm ƒ/2.4
Focal Length: 52mm
Aperture: ƒ/2.4
Shutter Speed: 1/32s
ISO: 500
Licensing: Image of a North East Museums asset. This image cannot be licensed.

View of the Ruins of Tynemouth Monastery

Ian Malpass-Scott — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:54:55 +0000

Clennell made this striking watercolour as part of his collaboration with the writer Sir Walter Scott on the publication, The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland (1814). Contrasting historic ruins with a stormy sky was popular at this time. The low viewpoint and tiny figures seen at the foot of the ruined monastery emphasise its size, while the sunlight streaming through the windows suggests the presence of spiritual, as well as natural, forces.

Provenance: Bequeathed by Miss A.J. Thompson, 1945

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Material: Pencil, watercolour & bodycolour
Artist: Luke Clennell (1781-1840)
Date: about 1813-14

Miners: Entrance to an Iron Mine

Ian Malpass-Scott — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:54:55 +0000

This 1845 work depicts an iron mine in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. At the time, the iron mining industry was at its peak. The watercolour emphasises the scale of the rock surrounding the group of miners and the intimidating darkness of the tunnel entrance we see behind them.n.

Provenance: Bequeathed by Thomas Burrell Bewick, 1922

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Material: Pencil & watercolour
Artist: J. B. Brown
Date: about 1845

Image Details
Date: 6 March 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/28s
ISO: 500
Licensing: Image of a North East Museums asset. This image cannot be licensed.

Catherine

Ian Malpass-Scott — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:54:55 +0000

Catherine Earnshaw, a character from Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights, fascinated Clarke Hall.

Here, she depicted Catherine standing in a moorland landscape. The muted colour palette and use of a wet-on-wet watercolour technique create an uncertain emotional atmosphere. On the left, the artist included a depiction of her son.

Provenance: Gift from the Walker Mechanics Institute, 1942

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Material: Pencil & watercolour
Artist: Lady Edna Clarke Hall (1879-1979)
Date: about 1914-15

Ruins

Ian Malpass-Scott — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:22:39 +0000

Watercolour on paper, Ruins by Sir John Trevelyan. Painting by Sir John Trevelyan of ruins of the Baths at Caracalla in Rome, including an arch to the foreground.

Provenance: Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt

Text from National Trust website

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland
Material: Watercolour on paper
Artist: Sir John Trevelyan
Date: Unknown

Image Details
Date: 19 October 2025
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/30s
ISO: 640
Licensing: Image of a National Trust asset. This image cannot be licensed.

Brinkburn Priory

Ian Malpass-Scott — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:22:39 +0000

Watercolour on paper, Brinkburn Priory by Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 – Chelsea 1851). The ruined priory is in the centre; in front, the river coquet with two anglers fishing from a rock in the middle.

Provenance: Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt

Marks & inscriptions: Top middle: J W Turner Brinkburn Rt. Hon. Sir C.Trevelyan 1775-1851 Centre: THO.s AGNEW & SONS MANCHESTER 14 Exchange Street LIVERPOOL Exchange Art Gallery Dale St LONDON Old Bond Street Galleries Piccadilly Bottom Middle: This water-colour painting of Brinkburn Priory on the Coquet by JMW Turner, was bought by Sir Charles Trevelyan at the Palace of Art, in the North East Coast Exhibition in 1929. It has hung in the Parlour at Wallington since that time. July 1 1965. Centre bottom: PALACE OF ART North East Coast Exhibition Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1929 Bottom Right: The National Trust Item conserved by M. E. Remounted/Re-framed by P. Arris Date completed June ’85

Text from National Trust website

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland
Material: Watercolour on paper
Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775-1851)
Date: Unknown

Image Details
Date: 19 October 2025
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Telephoto Camera 52mm ƒ/2.4
Focal Length: 52mm
Aperture: ƒ/2.4
Shutter Speed: 1/33s
ISO: 800
Licensing: Image of a National Trust asset. This image cannot be licensed.