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In 1940, when the British landscape was under attack from the threat of German bombers, the Ministry of Labour, in association with the Pilgrim Trust commissioned many of Britain's artists to go out and paint a record of the changing face of the country before it was too late. The resulting pictures of market towns, agricultural landscapes, rural industries, architectural follies and wild places were given to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Originally issued as a four volume set edited by Arnold Palmer and published by Oxford University Press in assocation with the Pilgrim Trust, 1946-1949. This book presents a selection of the collection published to coincide with the exhibition held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, from 1 August to 18 November 1990.