Durham Coast near Marsden (watercolour, bodycolour and pencil on paper on card)

Cleet, James Henry drawing, watercolour, bodycolour and pencil on paper (on card), entitled Durham Coast near Marsden, by the artist James Henry Cleet This picture shows a cliff and rocks near Marsden, South Shields. The artist has studied the rocks very closely, using both opaque and transparent paint to show their form and texture. The tiny ship on the horizon appears fragile and vulnerable compared to the rocks' solidity and size. 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.