Rural World of Eric Guy, The (Paperback) - Jonathan Brown

From the 1930s to the 1960s commercial  photographer Eric Guy captured the rural world from his base at  Basingstoke and Reading. He worked mainly in Berkshire, south  Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, north Hampshire, south and west  Buckinghamshire and Gloucestershire. His intimacy with this area  enabled him to draw out the character and pattern of farm work and  the variety of landscapes in these counties.

Jonathan Brown has selected 176 images  from the 2,000 held at the Museum of English Rural Life, Reading.  Among the topics included in the book are farms and estates; cereals  and sheep on the Downs; cattle, dairying, pigs and poultry; the  transition in agriculture – mechanisation and the Second World War;  the village scene and crafts.

The photographs are supported by a  knowledgeable text and captions. Dr Brown has worked in a number of  capacities at the Museum of English rural Life, of which he is now an  honorary fellow. He is the author of numerous books and articles on  the history of farming and the countryside.