Local Illustrations

The Local Illustrations date from the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries and depict a variety of local scenes and structures, such as schools, hospitals, residences, castles and churches. There are views of Newcastle, Durham, Northumberland, Sunderland; portraits; depictions of local life (keelmen playing cards) and a plan of the Grainger Market, Newcastle.

Currently uncatalogued. Please contact lib-specenq@ncl.ac.uk for further details.

See also...
http://www.dur.ac.uk/picturesinprint/
http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/printed/topoprnt.htm


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