1213563 Bricklayers\' Labourers (w/c on paper) by English School, (19th century); 14.1 x16.3 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: This is a rare image of working women in 19th-century Newcastle. They have been mixing building mortar. One of the women is about to carry a load of the mortar on a board on her head up the ladder to the bricklayer above. In the background can be seen another woman near the top of a tall ladder, also carrying mortar to the bricklayer on the roof. The spire of St Nicholas\' Church is visible over the roofs of the houses. The artist was probably an amateur artist connected with Mrs G Jameson, who began collecting various drawings into an album in 1811.); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright.