Watercolours
Watercolour was Richard Adshead's favourite painting method. His treatment of sky and sea was quite amazing. Some of these examples capture the working boats of the past, street scenes and nostalgic glimpses of Britain's past.
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Greyhound Inn, Burston, Staffs circa 1848
West Country Village scene. Painted 1984. In the collection of the Halliwell family.
Stourhead Estate near Mere, Wiltshire, England
Rainy British winter street scene circa 1938
British Midlands street circa 1935
British Midlands, Stoke on Trent area circa 1957
Willett's Enamelware Factory circa 1920 British Midlands
Roof Tops above Woods Lane, Cradley Heath, Staffs
Waterfront painted in 1992
November Morning at Skelton Grange, Aire Calder Canal, dated 1981. Private Collection
Fishing boat off the Cornish coast
MV Ferry Hill circa 1941
Yarmouth Shrimp Boat. Circa1927 Probably painted in 1979. In the collection of the Eade family.
Prawners trawling in Morecambe Bay off the Lancashire coast.
A LEE FOR THE PILOT. Raised quarter deck Steam Coaster picking up a Pilot about 1937. Painted in 1979. In the collection of the Eade family
M. V. PEMBROKE Coaster. Circa 1939 Probably painted in 1979. In the collection of the Eade family.