1214387 Old Coal Shipping Staithes near Wallsend (pencil & w/c on paper pasted on card) by Holmes, R. Sheriton (1829-1900); 28.0x19.6 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: This detailed view of shipping staiths (loading jetties) is at Mordues Ballast, a firm based at Wallsend. Further down the river a masted sailing ship is being loaded at the next staith, while behind it is a steam paddle tug. The conical chimneys of glass and pottery factories line the river bank behind the staiths. Sheriton Holmes was a local amateur artist and civil engineer. He produced the majority of his artwork in the last twenty years of his life.); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; British, out of copyright.