Paintings of Leeds

Si · Post by Si » Thu 08 Jul, 2010 1:08 pm

Here you go."Rosebank Road, Leeds." Pencil drawing by Stuart Walton.If you look closely, you can see 'Arry 'Awk in the shop!

kango · Post by **kango** » Thu 08 Jul, 2010 1:17 pm

Si wrote: Here you go."Rosebank Road, Leeds." Pencil drawing by Stuart Walton. Nice one Si I agree this is one talented artist.

Si · Post by Si » Thu 08 Jul, 2010 1:22 pm

kango wrote: Si wrote: Here you go."Rosebank Road, Leeds." Pencil drawing by Stuart Walton. Nice one Si I agree this is one talented artist. Yeah, he's not bad, is he, Kango? Even though they are quite simple drawings (albeit highly detailed), he still captures the essence of the place. He heavily influenced my A level art exam, back in 1976!He paints abstacts these days, but did a whole set of Leeds street scenes in the 1970s, recording areas before they were demolished and lost forever.

kango · Post by **kango** » Thu 08 Jul, 2010 1:43 pm

Here You go Si , if You aint seen it already , try this sitehttp://www.r-alston.co.uk/content/janus/artist ... /demo.html

Si · Post by Si » Thu 08 Jul, 2010 4:47 pm

Thanks very much, Kango. Much appreciated.

Si · Post by Si » Thu 08 Jul, 2010 4:57 pm

This Atkinson Grimshaw painting is entitled "A Lane In Headingley."But which lane? Anyone recognise it?

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Thu 08 Jul, 2010 7:15 pm

Moot Hall Briggate 1825 - Joseph Rhodes(Can't see a McDonalds - what did people eat in those days!)This was right in the middle of the road. This was effectively the old townhall before the present one.

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Thu 08 Jul, 2010 7:28 pm

George Walker, Middleton Colliery (1814)I believe the Middleton railway was the earliest industrial railway in the world.Very important with respect to the history of locomotives - Features Blenkinsop locomotive John Blenkinsop was the manager of Middleton Colliery. Blenkinsop wanted to find a way of reducing the cost of transporting coal to the nearby town of Leeds. In 1811 Blenkinsop joined forces with Matthew Murray, an engineer from Leeds to produce a locomotive for the colliery. Blenkinsop wanted a locomotive that could be used to transport coal from Middleton Colliery to Leeds. Blenkinsop and Murray rejected the idea that a steam locomotive with smooth wheels on a smooth rail would have sufficient adhesion to propel itself and a load. They therefore experimented with producing a rack railway. The Salamanca (named after a battle in the Peninsular War) locomotive, with its cog-toothed driving wheels, first appeared in public on 24th June, 1812. The locomotive had two vertical cylinders within the top of the boiler, and the pistons drove the rack wheels through rods and pinions. The locomotive weighed 5 tons and on a level track was capable of hauling a load of 90 tons at 4 mph. Blenkinsop's locomotive was a great success and with Murray's help he produced three more. A local artist, George Walker, produced the first ever painting of a locomotive when he visited Middleton Colliery in 1814. The Blenkinsop locomotives were fairly expensive to use and heavy wear took place between the driving gear wheel and the horizontal rack. Despite these problems, the four Blenkinsop locomotives were used at Middleton Colliery until the mid 1830s. Update on this - the Museum has a piece of the original track and a scale model of the steam engine showing how the gogged wheel engaged with the track.

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Thu 08 Jul, 2010 8:24 pm

Leeds Bridge 1880 - Grimshaw

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Thu 08 Jul, 2010 8:40 pm

Valley of the Aire, Armley Pastures and Kirkstall - George Alexander 1853. Think the house is Gotts ParkIt's that Armley Mills beside the Canal?