Artwork
Anne of Cleves House, Ditchling
Anne of Cleves House, Ditchling is a watercolor work on paper by the British Romanticist artist Charles Knight. It dates from 1940 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
Anne of Cleves House, Ditchling is a watercolour painting by Charles Knight, created in 1940 as part of the Recording Britain project.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a historic house in Ditchling, showing its rough stone walls, wooden beams, and diamond-paned windows. The scene captures a traditional English building, reflecting the project's aim to document the country's heritage.
Technique & Style
The watercolour is executed in a loose, sketchy style, with visible brushstrokes and a sense of spontaneity, suggesting a rapid study rather than a finished work.
History & Provenance
The painting was produced as part of the Recording Britain project, a wartime initiative funded by the Pilgrim Trust and directed by Sir Kenneth Clark, which employed artists to document the British landscape.
Artist & collection
Artist
Charles Knight was a British landscape painter and stained-glass artist, best remembered for his watercolour paintings of the landscapes of Sussex.
The Southdown, Underhill Road: Westwards from Poynings
Regency Brighton: Houses in Russell Square, Sussex
Fields and Woods South of Ditchling
The County Hall and High Street, Lewes
The Southdown, Underhill Road; Wickhurst Barn near Poynings looking Westwards
Hangleton Manor, near Brighton
House and Shop in Pool Valley, Brighton
The Southdown, Underhill Road; Ditchling Beacon, from the Meadows near Westmeston
High Street, Southover, looking West
The Cross Roads, Ditchling
The Old Manor, Childrey
Ashbourne
Cottages at Norton, No.1
The Wool Hall, Lavenham
King's Mill Lane, Stamford, Rutlandshire
The Abbey, Audley End
Bray Church Yard
Preparing for the Coronation, West Malling, May, 1937.
The river Wensum, with the backs of old hosues in King Street, Norwich