Dalham

Badmin employs a rapid, sketch‑like approach, using loose, fluid strokes that vary in intensity. Broad washes suggest the canopy and sky, while finer lines define details such as the roof tiles of the house. The overall effect is that of an immediate impression rather than a finished, highly polished rendering.

The work was produced under the Recording Britain initiative, a wartime programme launched by Sir Kenneth Clark to document the nation’s landscapes. Funded by the Pilgrim Trust and overseen by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime, the scheme commissioned artists to capture scenes of national significance.

Recorded Britain assembled more than 1,500 pieces by 97 artists, including noted watercolourists like John Piper and Rowland Hilder. Badmin’s contribution reflects the broader effort to preserve visual records of rural England at a time when wartime change threatened traditional vistas.