The Maltings, Saffron Walden
1941
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1941
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This watercolour shows a quiet corner in Saffron Walden, where the town’s maltings once stood tall. William Palmer Robins painted it in 1941, when those old barley-drying towers were nearly done. The artist caught the place right before the industry faded for good. The last maltings closed soon after the war ended. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
