Outside the Manor House, Ham Street
John Sanderson Sanderson-Wells
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
John Sanderson Sanderson-Wells
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Outside the Manor House, Ham Street is a 1940 watercolor by John Sanderson Sanderson-Wells, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a quiet street lined with tall trees and a low brick wall on the right. Two people ride horses down the middle of the road, while a third person walks beside them. The trees have loose, sketchy branches, and the ground looks uneven with patches of dirt and grass. The artist used quick, light strokes to capture movement and light. The scene feels calm, almost like a moment frozen in time. Next, check out Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
The drawing depicts two riders on horseback traveling along a quiet road in Ham, accompanied by a pair of horses; to the right, the foliage of a mature tree spills over a boundary wall. Created in 1940 by John Sanderson as part of the "Recording Britain" project, it was commissioned by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime to document the British landscape during the Second World War. The initiative, led by Sir Kenneth Clark and funded by the Pilgrim Trust, aimed to preserve scenes of national identity amid concerns over wartime destruction and landscape changes. Over 1,500…
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