Kirton’s Quay from the Halfpenny Ferry Landing by J Pearson, South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
J. Pearson
Kirton’s Quay from the Halfpenny Ferry Landing
watercolour and pencil on paper
The Crown & Thistle Hotel (Wapping Street) can be seen at centre left. This hostelry is recorded in local trade directories from 1821, but may have been trading as early as 1791. It would be near to where the South Shields Sea Cadets is today.
