Artwork
Chegworth Mill (Ground Floor), Harrietsham, near Maidstone, Kent
Chegworth Mill (Ground Floor), Harrietsham, near Maidstone, Kent is a watercolor work on paper by Stanley Roy Badmin. It dates from 1936 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
This 1936 watercolour by Stanley Roy Badmin is part of the 'Recording Britain' collection, a wartime project to document British life and landscapes.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts the ground floor interior of Chegworth Mill, near Maidstone, Kent, showing meal or flour being poured into sacks, capturing the textures and details of the industrial space.
Technique & Style
Badmin's work is characterized by muted colours, with brown tones dominating the palette, and a focus on texture, evident in the rendering of sacks, floorboards, and tools.
Context
The 'Recording Britain' collection, to which this work belongs, was initiated during wartime to document aspects of British life and landscape, providing a historical record of the country's industrial and cultural heritage.
Artist & collection
Artist
Stanley Roy Badmin painted detailed English landscapes and townscapes in watercolour during the early 1940s.
Holy Trinity Church and the new Allotments, Clapham Common, London
Towcester High Street from the Pomfret Arms Corner, Northamptonshire
Boughton House, near Kettering
Long Melford Green on a Frosty Morning, Suffolk
Flooded Meadows at Olney, Buckinghamshire
Bow Brickhill, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire
Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire
Watercolour drawing by the Grieve family, showing a workman's hut at Garlinge, Kent
Scythe Smithy, Weybridge
Wheelwrights at work in Mr. J. W. Brunt's Shop, Newington
Tan-y-foel, Cefn Coch, Montgomeryshire
Cottage Gardens, Dalham, Suffolk
The Bacon Factory, Endell Street, London
Wheelwright
Study of a fireplace, a writing desk and a rush-seated ladderback chair
Old Warehouse, Ashbourne
Untitled