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Melin Ty’n-Nant, Maentwrog, Merionethshire

Mona Moore

1941

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Early Modern

Dominant colour

Melin Ty’n-Nant, Maentwrog, Merionethshire is a 1941 watercolor by Mona Moore, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Mona Moore
When & what style?: 1941
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This sketch shows a simple stone building with a slanted roof and a large wooden water wheel attached to its side. The walls are rough and uneven, with patches of lighter stone peeking through. Leafless trees stand around it, their branches bare against a pale sky. The water wheel looks old and worn, but it’s still the focal point of the scene. The artist used soft watercolors, keeping the colors muted and the lines loose. If you like this style, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more works like this.

The story of this work

Overview

Mona Moore’s 1941 watercolour depicts Melin Ty’n-Nant, a watermill in Maentwrog, Merionethshire, Wales, signed, dated, and titled on the sheet. The work was created as part of the Recording Britain project, a wartime initiative led by Sir Kenneth Clark to document places and landscapes across Britain facing change or potential destruction. Funded by the Pilgrim Trust and administered by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime, the scheme commissioned artists to record rural industries, architecture, and scenery, with a focus on English subjects but including limited coverage of…

Read the full account in the museum source.