“In ɖ wintr v 1939 an xtrōdnri ātprojct wz bgun. Bnʈ ɖ spectrz v invežn n erı̣l bomñ, ɖ Scīm fr Rcwdñ ɖ Čenjñ Fês v Britn rapidli cmišnd ātists t pênt plêsz n bildñz v caṛcṭristc našnl intrest. Ɖ rzultñ c̣lẋn v ovr 1500 pêntñz crietd a rmāc̣bl, yt hîli ṣlctv, snapšot v a fast-čenjñ cuntri.

Nâ held bî ɖ Victoria n Albt Myziym, Rcwdñ Britn fīčrz mni bytifl wōtrculrz bî pṛlific ātists sč az Jon Pîpr n Ceṇʈ Rântri, alñ wɖ a hôst v lesr-nôn cntribytrz. Bî fôc̣sñ on qayt cwnrz n lôcl sìnz Rcwdñ Britn têcs s off ɖ bītn trac v îconic Britiš landmācs n pôstcād imijz.

In adišn t wrcs fṛm ɖ orijinl c̣lẋn, ɖ xibišn wl fīčr a hôst v cntemprri wrcs includñ pêntñz n fôṭgrafs bî Conrad Atcinsn, Ričd Loñ, Dêvid Nash n Lora Oldfīld Fwd. Šôn alñsd ɖz wl b wrcs fṛm ɖ Hrbt’s c̣lẋnz, dpictñ ɖ landscêp v Covntri n Woricšr.

Xibišn ōġnîzd bî ɖ Victoria n Albt Myziym, Lundn”

John Piper, The Tithe Barn, Great Coxwell, Berkshire (detail), 1940

Kenneth Rowntree, The Livermore Tombs, Barnston, Essex. c. 1940

Olive Cook: Disused tin-mine, St Agnes, Cornwall, c.1940, pen and ink, watercolour and bodycolour

S R Badmin: Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire. Watercolour, 1940

George Hooper: Regency House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Pen and ink and watercolour, 1942

Phyllis Dimond, Kinnerton Street, Wilton Place, S.W.1. 1943, watercolour

Edward Walker, Fish Street, Shrewsbury. 1943, pencil drawing on paper

Tony Ray-Jones, Glyndebourne. Photo, 1967

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VICTORIA N ALBT MYZIYM
MYZIYMZ ŠEFĪLD

30/03/2015