TW426803 Barge Day, 1891 (oil on canvas) by Hedley, Ralph (1848-1913); 140.5x188.6 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: The annual Ascension Day procession of boats along the Tyne was also known as \'Barge Day\'; The event was held to assert the right of the City of Newcastle to hold authority over the Tyne from Hedwin Streams, near Newburn, to the mouth of the river; In May 1891, Ralph Hedley travelled as a guest of Newcastle Corporation, aboard the steamship Mabel; Within a week he began work on this painting of the ceremonial barges, exhibiting it the following year at Newcastle\'s Bewick Club;); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright.