The gypsy family affectionately depicted here are almost certainly camped
in one of the hop-picking areas of Kent, during the autumn of 1941...
Potato
Harvest at Ridley, Thomas Hennell
Hennell had been commissioned by the War Artists Advisory Committee to
record this vitally important harvest at a time when the Nation's self
sufficiency was of the utmost importance...
Hay
Rick with waggon, figures and a dog, Thomas Hennell
Thomas Hennell was a romantic enthusiast for Britain's agricultural past,
as well as an artist, and wrote a number of books on the subject of traditional
farming practices...
Farmyard,
Isle of Wight 1944
We have traced this typical Hennell plein air watercolour of
a farmyard to the outskirts of the town of Sandown on the Isle of Wight
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