Slate Fences, Abergynolwyn, Merionethshire
1943
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1943
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Slate Fences, Abergynolwyn, Merionethshire is a 1943 watercolor by Mildred Eldridge, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a quiet countryside scene with a winding road and tall stone walls made of slate. The hills in the background are dry and hilly, with patches of grass and shadows. The colors are mostly earthy—browns, grays, and muted greens—giving it a calm, rustic feel. The artist used watercolor to capture how the light hits the slate walls, making them look solid yet soft. The road curves gently, leading your eye deeper into the scene. If you like this style, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A watercolour by Mildred Eldridge depicts a Welsh countryside landscape featuring slate slabs arranged as fences across windswept, undulating hills, resembling standing stones or tombstones and serving as a practical substitute for stone in areas near slate quarries. Created in 1943 as part of the *Recording Britain* collection, the work documents the British landscape during the Second World War, commissioned by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime under the Ministry of Labour and National Service. Funded by the Pilgrim Trust and overseen by Sir Kenneth Clark, the…
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Mildred Elsie Eldridge known as Elsi Eldridge, was a British artist, mural painter and book illustrator.
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