1214400 North View of St Nicholas\' Church (ink & w/c on paper) by Johnson, Robert (1771-96); 43.1x32.6 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: At the end of the 18th century, a spacious square was created in front of St Nicholas\'s Church by knocking down some old houses. Previously, a double row of buildings called Middle Street had extended down from the Bigg Market right to the Church. Every Friday evening stalls were set up in the square for a big meat market on Saturday. The stacks of trestle tables in this view are probably for the market. Robert Johnson was a pupil of the Newcastle wood-engraver Thomas Bewick.); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; British, out of copyright.