Gallery

The Gallery section of this website displays watercolours by Ron Thornton, taken from the book The River Tyne from Sea to Source. Please note that in the book each image is accompanied by a map and description of the history of the area.

Below is an index of the paintings on the site.

To view any painting simply click on it's title.

Then, to find out details of price and availability of any picture click on the Original Available to Purchase or Prints Available to Paurchase buttons below the image.

Indicates that the original watercolour is available to purchase.

Shows that quality prints are available for purchase.

01. Loading at the Tyne 02. Tynemouth Cliffs
03. Tyne Harbour 04. South Shields Waterfront
05. North Shields Waterfront 06. North Shields Fishquay
07. Tyne Tugs 08. Early Tyne Ferries
09. South Shields Ferry Landing 10. Redheads Shipyard
11. Jarrow - St Bede's 12. Swan Hunter
13. The Mauretania 14. St Peter's Basin
15. The Ouseburn 16. The First Tyne Bridge
17. Millennium Bridge 18. Tyne Bridge
19. Tyne Bridges 20. Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge
21. Redheugh Bridge 22. Dunston Staithes
23. Derwnthaugh Staithes 24. Scotswood Bridge
25. Mineral Line Scotswood 26. Blaydon Bridge
27. Newburn 28. Wylam Road Bridge
29. Wylam Old Bridge 30. Prudhoe and Ovingham
31. Bywell 32. Bywell Estate
33. Styford Bridge 34. Riding Mill Pumping Station
35. Styford Hall 36. Corbridge
37. Beaufront Castle 38. Hexham
39. Hexham Tyne Green 40. The Constantium Bridge
41. The Meeting of the Waters 42. Chesters
43. Chesters Roman Fort 44. Chollerford
45. Haughton Castle 46. Chipchase Castle
47. Wark 48. Redeswater
49. Bellingham 50. Hareshaw Linn
51. Hesleyside Hall 52. Falstone
53. Kielder 54. Kielder Water
55. Kielder Viaduct 56. North Tyne Source
57. Warden 58. Fourstones Paper Mill
59. Haydon Bridge 60. River Allen
61. Ridley Bridge 62. Bardon Mill
63. Haltwhistle 64. Featherstone Castle
65. Featherstone Bridge 66. Coanwood
67. Lambley Viaduct 68. Eals
69. Alston 70. The Gossip - River Nent
71. Garrigill 72. Ashgill Force
73. South Tyne Source