The New Inn, Pembridge
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The New Inn, Pembridge is a 1942 watercolor by Lines, a Social Realism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows an old wooden building with tall windows and a covered walkway. A bicycle leans against a post in the foreground, and two people walk under the shelter. The walls are rough, and the roof looks weathered, with patches of light and shadow. The artist focused on everyday details—like the simple clothes of the people and the uneven ground. The watercolor style keeps it loose and sketchy, not polished. Look up Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A watercolour painting signed and dated 1942, *The New Inn, Pembridge* depicts a view of the 17th-century timber-framed inn from an elevated position inside the open Market House, framed by its 16th-century wooden structure on a rainy day. It was produced as part of the Recording Britain scheme, a wartime initiative led by Sir Kenneth Clark to document places and buildings across England that represented national identity during the early 1940s. The scheme, funded by the Pilgrim Trust and administered by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime, aimed to capture scenes…
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