Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, 6th Bt

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

Watercolour on paper, Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, 6th Bt (1797-1879) by William Bell Scott (Edinburgh 1811 – Penkill Castle, Strathclyde 1890), inscribed, on border of table cloth bottom left: SHOWC[?] [1]859 W85.8 and initialled and dated 1853. A half-length portrait of a man, seated and turned slightly to the right, holding an open book, depicted in the saloon at Wallington.

Provenance: Penkill Castle; originaly on loan from Sheila Pettit, and then given by her in 1981

Marks & inscriptions: On wooden frame at the back .: Wrote on the wooden frame reads – Sir W.G.Trevelyan Bar 1859 signed William B.Scott. On the back of gilt frame.: Only partly legible framing label reads – Kings Road ,London Hung from Hanging wire.: A Gallery label, reads – THE STONE GALLERY , Sir W.G.Trevelyan, Bart, Oil on Canvas.18 3/4 X 123/4 inches, inscribed, initialled and dated 1859 William Bell Scott Provenance; Penkill Castle. Newcastle Upon Tyne 0632-610024 St, James, London 01-839-3061

Text from National Trust website

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: William Bell Scott (1811-1890)
Date: 1853

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: 1/24s
ISO: 500
Licensing: Image of a National Trust asset. This image cannot be licensed.

Iron and Coal: the Industry of the Tyne

Ian Malpass-Scott — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:43:00 +0000

This watercolour relates to a seres of large panel paintings commissioned by the industrialist Sir Walter Thevelyan for the central hall of his home, Wallington Hall in Northumberland. Iron and Coal celebrates the region’s thriving industries. The interlinked activities of coal mining, ironwork, shipbuilding, and the railways are depicted in the picture, while the figure in the foreground signals the benefits of industrial prosperity to local people. The artist said: ‘Everything of the common labour, life and applied science of the day is introduced somehow…’

The workmen in the foreground were employed by Hawks, Crawshay & Sons. An earlier iteration of this company that provided the engines for the Temeraire’s tugs, Samson and London, earlier in the century. The firm also built the Tyne’s High Level Bridge.

Provenance: Victoria and Albert Museum

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Material: Watercolour on paper
Artist: William Bell Scott (1811-1890)
Date: 1857-61

Image Details
Date: 19 June 2024
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/25s
ISO: 400
Licensing: Image of a National Gallery asset. This image cannot be licensed.

William Bell Scott (1811-1890) – IMS Photography

Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, 6th Bt

Iron and Coal: the Industry of the Tyne