Finchingfield
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Finchingfield is a 1940 watercolor by H. E. Du Plessis, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolour shows Finchingfield’s village green around 1940. The cottages and church sit quiet under H. E. du Plessis’s brush. It’s one of many images that helped sell Finchingfield as a postcard-perfect English postcard. The village’s timeless look made it a favorite for calendars and chocolate boxes. See more of H. E. du Plessis’s work at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A watercolour by H. E. du Plessis from 1940 depicts the village green of Finchingfield, bordered by cottages with a church spire rising in the background at right; the work is signed and titled. Created as part of the Recording Britain project, it records a scene associated with the village’s long-standing reputation for picturesque charm. The scheme employed artists during the Second World War to document places and buildings that reflected national identity, supported by the Pilgrim Trust and directed by Sir Kenneth Clark.
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A South Wales watercolor artist active around 1940, H. E. Du Plessis painted the everyday buildings and lanes of Glamorganshire. Brush in hand, he recorded places like the low stone Jesus Hospital in Bray and the…
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