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Photographic
Newark Museums Service holds about 10,000 images depicting aspects of life in Newark and the surrounding area. A project to catalogue the collection is currently underway.
Over 500 images of Newark are currently (July 2005) available to view on the Picture the Past website:
Several good collections of photographs of Newark have been published:
- K W Bee, Newark-on-Trent in times past, Chorley: Countryside Publications, 1985
- Tim Warner, Around Newark in old photographs, Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1991
- David Ottewell, Yesterday’s Nottinghamshire Series No. 16: Newark in old picture postcards, Keyworth: Reflections of a Bygone Age, 1991
- Tim Warner, Britain in old photographs. Newark, Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1995
- David Ottewell, Images of England. Newark and District, Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd, 1999
- Clive Hardy, Francis Frith’s Around Newark, Salisbury: Frith, 2000
- John West, Memory Lane: Newark and District, Derby: Breedon Books/Newark Advertiser, 2001
- Newark Archaeological & Local History Society, Newark through time, Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2009
Drawing of stage-coach heading up the Great North Road, 1816. |
Artistic
Topographical drawings of Newark subjects from the 19th century can be found at the British Library (BL), including:
- Drawings of the castle from the 19th century [Add. 42001 f. 72, 42003 f. 7, 42007 f. 20, 42021 f. 84, 42046 f. 4-4]
- Drawings of the church from the 19th century [Add. 42023 ff. 50, 51, 42042 f. 61]
- Views (1809-1828) [Add. 36372 ff. 24 b-28]
Use the BL’s online catalogue for further details:
Pictures held at the Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery:
- Samuel Buck, West Prospect of Newark Castle
- Edward Eyre, Market Place, Newark-on-Trent
- Frederick Griggs, Newark Church, south transept; Newark Church from the north; Newark Castle and Bridge; Newark Castle; The Market Place, Newark; Beaumond Cross, Newark.
- Thomas Goff Lupton, portrait of W. Tallents after Thomas Barber
- T Middiman, View of Newark Castle after W Sherlock
- Samuel Noble, Newark castle and Bridger after E Goodwin
- Samuel Turner Sparrow, Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire (1786).
Works by local artists, W H Cubley and William Nicholson, depicting Newark in different media are held by Newark Museums Service. Works by Vanessa Bell and Bridget Riley are also represented.
Fine art owned by Newark Town Council can be seen at the Town Hall Museum and Art Gallery. Works include a set of views of Newark in the 19th century by Joseph Paul on display in the Picken Room and a drawing of the Market Place by Edward Eyre (c.1776) in the art gallery on the second floor.
Newark & Sherwood Museum Service holds several views of the town and the castle by Henry Hadfield Cubley (1858-1934).
The paintings from these collections (and other establishments) can be seen on the ArtUK website. Please note, however, that using the search term 'Newark' on this website will return many results that do not relate to Newark-on-Trent. The collections can also be viewed individually:
- Newark & Sherwood Museum Service
- Newark Town Hall Museum and Art Gallery
- Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery
The Tate also holds a couple of sketches of Newark by J M Turner:
- View of Newark, with the church and castle, from the north west, 1794 [D00360]
- Newark Castle seen across the Trent, 1794 [D00700]
Film & video
Video
A number of videos are available from Newark Local Studies Library:
- Historic Newark-on-Trent by D E Arundel (1972)
- Newark. The silent years, Nottinghamshire County Council Leisure Services Department (1995)
- Mayor-making in Newark. A moment in history, Nottinghamshire County Council Leisure Services Department (1995)
- Newark Travellers. You don’t have to be on the road to be a traveller — it’s in your blood, Nottinghamshire Living History Archive (2001)
- Square wheels: the Newark Traveller’s Video Project, Nottinghamshire County Council (1990)
DVD
- Images of the past. Bygone Newark and district (2005) produced by Bygone Films contains a range of short films on Newark subjects: ‘A Market Town’, a wartime film commissioned by the British Council intended to introduce American troops to life in Britain; local pageants and royal visits; a tour of the town in 1972; the railways in Newark etc. [www.blowbyblow.co.uk]