Clifton Mill, near Preston
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Clifton Mill, near Preston is a 1940 watercolor by Dawson, a Social Realism work, depicting Windmill, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a tall windmill made of stone, with four wooden sails sticking out. Next to it is a small brick building with a tiled roof. The ground around the windmill is covered in short grass and bushes, and the sky is pale and flat. The windmill looks old and weathered, with patches of different colors on its walls. The artist used soft watercolors, making everything look gentle and a little blurry. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
This watercolour by Dawson, dated 1940, depicts Clifton Mill near Preston in Lancashire, showing a brick windmill tower with incomplete sails and peeling white render. Part of the *Recording Britain* project, it was created under a wartime scheme to document British landscapes and buildings threatened by war or modernization. The initiative, led by Sir Kenneth Clark, employed artists to record scenes across England, Wales, and Scotland, aiming to preserve a record of places and traditions seen as at risk. The work reflects concerns about urban expansion, rural decline, and the broader changes…
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This artist painted watercolours of grand old buildings and riverside mills around Manchester and Lancashire in the early 1940s.
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