Object number
2010/47/2
Title
Recording Britain: Volume II,
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Description
This is Volume II of ‘Recording Britain’, a publication of four volumes which arose from the wartime project ‘Recording the Changing Face of Britain’ established by Sir Kenneth Clark. Artists were invited to make topographical watercolours and drawings of places and buildings of characteristic national interest. In total, over 1500 works were produced by 97 artists. Volume II covers Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Norfolk and Yorkshire. It was edited by Arnold Palmer and Geoffrey Cumberlege, and published by Oxford University Press, in association with The Pilgrim Trust, in 1946. This object was deaccessioned and reaccessioned into the University of Reading Library. Please note that this object no longer forms part of the Museum of English Rural Life collection and cannot be accessed at our institution.
Physical description
Book: deaccessioned
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description: ‘Recording Britain’ in 4 hard-backed volumes. // Published by Oxford University Press in 1946. // 2010/47/1 Volume 1 – London, Middlesex, Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire // 2010/47/2 Volume 2 – Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Norfolk, Yorkshire // 2010/47/3 Volume 3 – Lancashire, Westmorland, Derbyshire etc // 2010/47/4 Volume 4 – Wiltshire, Somerset, Cornwall etc. // Edited & with notes by Arnold Palmer // Dimensions: Each vol. 19.7 x 25.3 x 3 cm // Associated information: Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // Publication arose from the wartime project ‘Recording the changing face of Britain’ in which artists were invited to make topographical water colour drawings of places and buildings of characteristic national interest, particularly those exposed to the danger of destruction by the operations of war. // References: …'
Production place
Greater London [region]
Production date
1946 - 1946
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\Documents\Scans\2010_47_doc_01.tif - High resolution image
