Road near Lenham, Kent
Road near Lenham, Kent

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Road near Lenham, Kent,

1930

Stanley Roy Badmin, 1906–1989; born Sydenham, London, England; died London, England
x1952-15
Badmin was a watercolorist and printmaker whose meticulously detailed and evocative landscapes made him a sought after illustrator, perhaps best known for his 1950s illustrations in the Shell Guides, which promoted auto tourism of the British countryside. In this early drawing of a horse-drawn lumber cart on a country lane, Badmin captures the coexistence of pastoral land and agricultural labor. This harmonious relationship is similar to that shown in J. M. W. Turner’s St. Catherine’s Hill Near Guilford on the wall opposite, made more than a century earlier.

Information

Title
Road near Lenham, Kent
Dates

1930

Maker
Stanley Roy Badmin
Medium
Pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite
Dimensions
18.1 x 26.5 cm (7 1/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Harold K. Hochschild
Object Number
x1952-15
Place Depicted

Europe, England, Lenham

Signatures
Signed and inscribed in black ink, lower left: S.R. Badmin '20 Nr. Lenham
Inscription
in graphite, lower right: March 1920 | above Lenham Hang in good | top or side light [in artist's hand]
Culture
British
Type
drawings
Materials
graphite, ink, watercolor, wove paper
Subject
roads, trees, landscapes (representations), rural areas, houses

Purchased by H.K.H. 1/15/32 from Harlow, McDonald and Co.

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