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Chirk Aqueduct (from the South side) Denbighshire

Mildred E. Eldridge

1941

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Early Modern Architectural

Dominant colour

Chirk Aqueduct (from the South side) Denbighshire is a 1941 watercolor by Mildred E. Eldridge, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Mildred E. Eldridge
When & what style?: 1941
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This sketch shows an old stone bridge carrying a narrow road over a valley. The arches are rounded, and the walls look weathered. Trees line the path, their branches bare, and the ground slopes down to a fence below. The artist used quick, light lines to show shadows and texture, making the scene feel simple but detailed. The focus is on the bridge’s shape and the quiet countryside around it. Next, look up Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.

The story of this work

Overview

A watercolour by Mildred E. Eldridge from 1941, signed and dated, depicts Chirk Aqueduct from a low southern viewpoint. Part of the "Recording Britain" project, it was created under a wartime scheme that employed artists to document British landscapes and structures threatened by war or modernization. The work reflects the project’s focus on topographical scenes, including bridges and aqueducts, as part of a broader effort to preserve a record of national identity during the early 1940s.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

Mildred E. Eldridge

Mildred E. Eldridge painted the hills and barns of 1940s Wales in watercolours. She left us five small scenes of rural life, each titled by the place it shows: a stone barn in Llanrhaeadr, peat cutters near Cefn Coch,…

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