A Cottage at Easton

Airy from 1940 depicts a cottage with pale pink walls behind a low stone wall, rendered in a flat, schematic style typical of his work.

A watercolour by Jack L. Airy from 1940 depicts a cottage with pale pink walls behind a low stone wall, rendered in a flat, schematic style typical of his work. The painting is one of eight Suffolk scenes produced for the Recording Britain project, which employed artists to document the British home front during the Second World War. Airy’s career remains undocumented, suggesting he was likely a skilled amateur. The work is part of a larger collection of topographical watercolours and drawings focused on preserving a sense of national identity through scenes of rural and urban Britain.