Lot 147: Victor Noble Rainbird, Old Shields, Watercolor and Ink

A watercolor and ink wash drawing on toned paper by Victor Noble Rainbird, depicting a street scene in Old Shields. The composition features historical architecture including gabled buildings and a central church tower surmounted by a weather vane. The work is executed in a loose, illustrative style with a muted palette of greys, blues, and sandy tones, with fine ink detailing defining the windows and a group of figures in the foreground. The painting is signed at the lower left in black ink VICTOR. NOBLE. RAINBIRD and titled at the lower right OLD-SHIELDS.

The work is housed in a multi-layered card mount decorated with hand-drawn ink lines, set within a gilt-fronted wooden frame. The paper shows age-related toning.