‘Miniature Worlds’ at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle explores the intricate beauty of small-scale landscapes across three centuries of British art.

Sub-headed ‘Little Landscapes from Thomas Bewick to Beatrix Potter’, this exhibition has a particular focus on vignette format illustrations and the changing relationship between text, illustration, and publishing. Highlights include seven highly detailed watercolours by JMW Turner, William Beilby’s ‘River Landscape Seen Through Trees’ (pictured), a dramatic and diminutive drawing by John Martin, and nine intricate watercolours by Beatrix Potter. One section is dedicated to small scale works made during the Romantic era; and Victorian and Edwardian children’s books are also explored – highlights here include John Tenniel’s iconic illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’. The show closes with a look at 20th and 21st century pieces.

Miniature Worlds, until 28 February 2026, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, northeastmuseums.org.uk/laing