TW427308 Meal Time, 1895 (oil on canvas) by Hedley, Ralph (1848-1913); 35.7x45.5 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: In this old cottage kitchen there is not even a cooking range, and the woman has to cook over an open fire. A high-backed settle keeps out draughts from the door. The window surround shows the thickness of the stone walls. The man is wearing trousers tied at the knee to hitch them up out of mud, and is probably a farm worker. Scenes of Northumbrian life were the main subjects of paintings by the popular Newcastle artist Ralph Hedley;); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright.