River God Tyne – Metal Sign

Engraving of the coal carrying River Tyne god, Cor, ‘keeping a watchful eye’, who served to make Newcastle rich. (Servat Vigilantia Concors, Cor’s motto: “He keeps a watchful eye”…)

This image featured in John Brand’s ‘The History and Antiquities of Newcastle’ (1789) and was drawn by Sir William Chambers (1722-1796).

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