474037 Windmills Hill, Gateshead, 1864 (pencil & w/c on paper) by Boyce, George Price (1826-97); 42.9x30.9 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: The mound of earth making up Bensham Bank dominates the centre of this view, which was painted on Windmills Hill at Gateshead. The tower of an old windmill can be seen on the right of the scene. The picture\'s unusual composition is characteristic of the approach of Pre-Raphaelite artists. They deliberately avoided conventionally attractive scenes, and tried to take a fresh look at nature. George Boyce was a friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and became one of the second wave of Pre-Raphaelite painters. Boyce visited the North East several times; ); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright.