1939
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Toll House, Trewalchmai, Anglesey is a 1939 watercolor by Barbara Jones, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This small building has a sloped roof with a tiny tower on top. The walls are made of light brown bricks, and the door is a deep green. A wooden porch wraps around the front, with railings and a few steps leading up. Next to it, a church steeple pokes into the sky. The artist focused on simple shapes and soft colors, making the scene feel quiet. The light hits the building just right, giving it a cozy look. Want to see more by this artist? Check out Jones, Barbara.
This watercolour by Barbara Jones, dated 1939, depicts an octagonal toll house on Anglesey, featuring a trellised veranda at ground level and an upper storey with windows offering panoramic views. The work was part of the *Recording Britain* project, a wartime initiative commissioned by the Ministry of Labour and National Service to document Britain’s landscape and architecture amid fears of wartime destruction and rapid modernization. Funded by the Pilgrim Trust and directed by Sir Kenneth Clark, the scheme employed artists to record scenes across England, Wales, and Scotland, focusing on…
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Barbara Mildred Jones (25 December 1912 – 28 August 1978) was an English artist, writer and mural painter. She is known for curating the exhibition Black Eyes and Lemonade (1951) and her book The Unsophisticated Arts (1951).
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