Tyne Wear Collection

Underground scene in a coal mine in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne area of England, 1823. Miners hewing coal and carrying away in corves (baskets). From Scenes of British Wealth by the Rev Isaac Taylor

Newcastle-on-Tyne, c20th Century. Artist: John Bartholomew
Newcastle-on-Tyne, c20th Century. [John Bartholomew & Son, Edinburgh]

James Earl of Douglas Wins Sir Henry Percys Pennon During the Fight Before Newcastle, 1388, c1456, (1946). The Battle of Otterburn took place in Northumberland in August 1388

Newcastle-On-Tyne - View on the Tyne, 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]

Tynemouth - The Aquarium and Sands, 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]

The Mouth of the Tyne, 1902. From Rivers of Great Britain: Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial. [Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, 1902]

Newcastle-on-Tyne, from the Rabbit Banks, c1900. Artist: M Aunty
Newcastle-on-Tyne, from the Rabbit Banks, c1900. Rabbit Banks Road (Off High Level Road), Gateshead, From Sights and Scenes in England and Wales. [Cassell and Company Ltd. c1900]

Cullercoats Bay, Tynemouth, c1900. Artist: M Aunty
Cullercoats Bay, Tynemouth, c1900.From Sights and Scenes in England and Wales. [Cassell and Company Ltd. c1900]

HMS Victoria at Newcastle-On-Tyne, c1887. Artist: M Aunty
HMS Victoria at Newcastle-On-Tyne, c1887. HMS Victoria was the lead ship in her class of two battleships of the Royal Navy. From Sights and Scenes in England and Wales. [Cassell and Company Ltd

St. Nicholas Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1845. Artist: John Jackson
St. Nicholas Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1845. The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas was founded in 1091, destroyed by fire in 1216 and rebuilt by 1350, in Perpendicular style

The Chapel in the Castle at Newcastle, Northumberland, 1814. Artist: John Greig
The Chapel in the Castle at Newcastle, Northumberland, 1814. From The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, Vol. II, by Walter Scott, Esq. [Longman & Co. London, 1814]

An Ornamented Door Way in the Castle, at Newcastle; Northumberland, 1814. From The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, Vol. II, by Walter Scott, Esq. [Longman & Co. London, 1814]

The Castle, at Newcastle; Northumberland, 1814. Artist: John Greig
The Castle, at Newcastle; Northumberland, 1814. From The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, Vol. II, by Walter Scott, Esq. [Longman & Co. London, 1814]

Part of the Interior of the Castle at Newcastle, Northumberland, 1814. Artist: John Greig
Part of the Interior of the Castle at Newcastle, Northumberland, 1814. From The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, Vol. II, by Walter Scott, Esq. [Longman & Co. London, 1814]

Part of Tynemouth Monastery. Northumberland, 1814. Artist: John Greig
Part of Tynemouth Monastery. Northumberland, 1814. From The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, Vol. II, by Walter Scott, Esq. [Longman & Co. London, 1814]

One Pound Note Executed for the Northumberland Bank, c1820. Northumberland Bank, Newcastle. From The Connoisseur Volume XXV. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1909]

Railway and Swing Bridges, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, c1905. View of the Swing Bridge over the Tyne, with Robert Stephensons High Level Bridge in the background

Jesmond Dene, Newcastle, c1905. Park laid out in 1860s by the industrialist William George Armstrong and his wife

Ascania, Cunard White Star, 1920s

The Side, Newcastle Upon Tyne

The Royal Show, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1908. Artist: George Frank
The Royal Show, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1908

Jesmond Dene, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, 1926. Artist: Cavenders Ltd
Jesmond Dene, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, 1926. From the River Valleys set of hand-coloured cigarette cards issued with Army Club Cigarettes, Cavanders Ltd, 1926

Entrance to the Castle Garth Newcastle, Northumberland, 1814. Artist: John Greig
Entrance to the Castle Garth Newcastle, Northumberland, 1814. From The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, Vol. II, by Walter Scott, Esq. [Longman & Co. London, 1814]

St Nicholas Church, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1843. Artist: J Jackson
St Nicholas Church, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1843. An engraving from The Art-Union Scrap Book, Henry G Bohn, London, 1843

Opening of the new Tyne Bridge by King George V, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 10 October 1928 (1935). From The Royal Jubilee Book 1910-1935 [Associated Newspapers Ltd. London, 1935]

Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland, 1924-1926. Artist: Francis Frith & Co
Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland, 1924-1926. Tynemouth Priory was a Benedictine monastery founded in the 7th century. Three of the early kings of Northumbria were buried there

Platinum still for concentrating sulphuric acid (Oil of Vitriol or H2S04), 1844. The view shown here was at the Felling Chemical Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. From British Manufacturers by George Dodd

Production of sulphuric acid (Oil of Vitriol or H2S04), 1844. View of the passage between two lead chambers, Felling Chemical Works, Newcastle, England. From The Penny Magazine. (London 1844)

Newcastle-upon-Tyne from the south-west, c1850. Artist: Thomas Abiel Prior
Newcastle-upon-Tyne from the south-west, c1850. This view shows the High Level Bridge built by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) between 1846 and 1849

Stone arched bridge across the Tyne at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, c1830. Below the bridge is the harbour area and the masts of moored ships can be seen

High Level Bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle, 1849. Artist: Thomas Abiel Prior
High Level Bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle, c1849. The High Level Bridge was built to carry the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway over the River Tyne

Stone head of Antenociticus, 2nd century BC
Stone head of Antenociticus, a Romano-British deity, from his shrine at Benwell near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. From the Museum of Antiquities collection in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 2nd century BC

Street in Newcastle Upon Tyne lit by Swan incandescent electric lamps, 1883

Tim Garland, 2009. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Gwilym Simcock with Tim Garlands Lighthouse Trio, Newcastle University, April 2009

Gwilym Simcock, 2009. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Gwilym Simcock with Tim Garlands Lighthouse Trio, Newcastle University, April 2009

Asaf Sirkis, 2009. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Asaf Sirkis with Tim Garlands Lighthouse Trio and Gwilym Simcock, Newcastle University, April 2009

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