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1st June 2022

Vinny Cheese Making by Thomas Hennell (1903-45). 'Vinny Cheese, a Dorset blue cheese, was once made in virtually every farmhouse in the county but by the time Hennell came to make this charmingly well-observed watercolour of a mother and daughter engaged in the time-honoured craft, it had almost died out – and, in fact, disappeared completely after the Second World War' here at the Sim Fine Art site. (The Persephone Post is now on holiday until Monday; the shop is open today and Saturday, then back to normal hours after the Jubilee weekend.)

 

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