Entrance to Cannon Hall, Squire's Mount, Hampstead
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Entrance to Cannon Hall, Squire's Mount, Hampstead is a 1940 watercolor by Bayes, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a quiet scene of a house entrance. The entrance is framed by a large gate with a lamp hanging above it. A woman in a pink dress is standing in the doorway, talking to a man in a hat and a woman in a yellow top. They are all looking at each other. The scene is set in front of a large house with a clock tower. The house is surrounded by trees and bushes. The painting is done in watercolor and has a soft, dreamy quality to it. If you like this painting, you might also like the work of artist Bayes.
A watercolour signed by the artist depicts the entrance gates of Cannon Hall, an 18th-century residence in Hampstead, with two women and a man conversing on the adjacent pavement. Created in 1940 as part of the 'Recording Britain' project, the work was commissioned by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime to document aspects of British life and landscape during the Second World War. The scheme, funded by the Pilgrim Trust and directed by Sir Kenneth Clark, aimed to preserve a visual record of places and traditions perceived as vulnerable to wartime disruption and modern…
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This artist painted watercolours around London in the 1940s. They captured quiet spots like The Gateway at Royal Naval College, Greenwich, The Garden at York House in Twickenham, and London Dock, Wapping. Each sheet…
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