The painting entitled Houses in Silver Street from All Saints Churchyard, Newcastle upon Tyne; drawing, bodycolour, pencil and watercolour on paper, by John Atlantic Stephenson; drawn in 1886. This view shows some of the old houses in Silver Street, near the Quayside in Newcastle. During the Victorian period, people became increasingly interested in ancient buildings and bygone ways of life. The orange-red roofs and blue shadows of this scene show the popularity of bright colour in The watercolour painting at this time. John Stephenson was a Newcastle artist and popular Geordie storyteller. His unusual middle name of Atlantic was the result of being born on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Buy this as a framed art print, canvas art print or art poster.