TW426842 The Ballad Seller, the Black Gate, 1884 (oil on canvas) by Hedley, Ralph (1848-1913); 94.8x67.4 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: A street seller with her baby in arms is trying to sell song sheets to a well-dressed, severe-looking man; She has the songs pinned to a canvas sheet that she has propped up against a fence; The Black Gate behind her was the gatehouse of Newcastle\'s medieval castle and in the 19th century it was filled with many poor families living in one or two rooms;); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright.