Dockside, Sunderland, 1962 (oil on canvas)

Creator: Lowry, Laurence Stephen (1887-1976) This is a view over the Lambton Drops on the River Wear, seen from Lowry's favourite vantage point. In this version a row of small railway wagons appears in the foreground, while in 'River Wear at Sunderland' they have been transformed into huts. Many of Lowry's industrial paintings of the Manchester-Salford area are composite images, mixing real and imaginary features. He called them 'dreamscapes'. Many of his paintings of the North East show a similar approach - instantly recognisable, but not necessarily accurate in detail.