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WHAT ARE MEMORY MAPS? MARINA WARNER

Barbara Jones, 'Terrington St John, near King's Lynn', 1942. Museum no. E.1932-1949, given by the Pilgrim Trusts,

Barbara Jones, 'Terrington St John, near King's Lynn', 1942. Museum no. E.1932-1949, given by the Pilgrim Trust

Barbara JonesCastle Farm,
'Terrington St John, near King's Lynn'
Terrington St John
1942
Watercolour and bodycolour
Museum no. E.1932-1949
Given by the Pilgrim Trust

Barbara Jones's enthusiasm for the old 'popular arts' associated with rural life and her dismay at their neglect and decay are apparent in this simple image of a Norfolk farmhouse. The property seems eerily empty, the only living presence that of a dog lying in the grass and a cat curled up on a windowsill. One shutter hanging askew seems to foreshadow the dilapidation that will overtake the farm.