Walter Langley: 'Disaster! Scene in a Cornish fishing village'
Walter Langley (1852-1922) devoted his life as a painter to scenes in the lives of fishing people in Cornwall. This work, from 1889, is slightly more dramatic than some in its depiction of off-stage events ...
Walter Langley: 'Memories'
Walter Langley, born in 1852 and brought up in Irving Street, later became part of the Newlyn School of English painters. His subject matter was largely the lives of Cornish fisherfolk, and 'Memories' ...
Walter Langley: 'Never morning wore to evening...'
Walter Langley (1852-1922) was born in Birmingham and was brought up in Irving Street. He trained at South Kensington School of Art (1873-75) and later on, in 1882, went to live in Newlyn, Cornwall, as ...
Walter Langley: 'O! for the touch of a vanish'd hand...'
Walter Langley (1852-1922) was a genre painter favouring fishing village scenes which are a far cry from his childhood in Irving Street, Edgbaston (now in Lee Bank). From 1882 he lived in Cornwall at ...
Watercolour of The Austins, Handsworth
By Elizabeth Jane Hasluck. Elizabeth was the wife of Daniel Sidney Hasluck and they lived at the Austins. Elizabeth presented a bound volume of her watercolours to her son Ernest for Christmas in 1885. ...
Wellington Road area of Edgbaston in 1837, by Samuel Lines
A sketch of the Wellington Road area of Edgbaston in 1837, by the Birmingham artist Samuel Lines. Isolated houses are already to be seen in 1837 but the rural surroundings are by no means easy to identify. ...
Wheeley's Lane by Raymond Mason
This was painted by Raymond Mason when he returned from Paris following his mother's death. It was here that he grew up and at the time of his return the area was being demolished to make way for the ...
Wretham Road New Church
Programme for an event held on April 4th 1877 at the church. The church was opened on 22nd November 1876 and eventually sold in 1974 when a new centre was was established at Oaklands in Winleigh Road, ...