Cottage near Trow Rocks (watercolour and bodycolour on paper)

Cleet, James Henry drawing, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, entitled Cottage near Trow Rocks, by the artist James Henry Cleet This picture shows Betty Heron's cottage near Trow Rocks, South Shields. In the distance on the right is the headland at Tynemouth, with the Priory ruins. Using both opaque and transparent paint, the artist has produced a detailed study of this cottage and the surrounding landscape. James Henry Cleet was a talented amateur painter and professional photographer in his home town of South Shields. His photographs and paintings create an invaluable record of Tyneside at a time when it was undergoing rapid change.