Thomas Hennell: A Chronicle of the English Countryside Born in Ridley, Kent, in 1903, Thomas Hennell’s life was tragically cut short during World War II, yet his artistic legacy endures as a poignant and evocative record of rural England. The second son of Reverend Harold Barclay Hennell and Ethel Mary Hennell – herself a trained artist – he inherited a deep appreciation for the land and its traditions, a sentiment that would profoundly shape his work. His early years were spent immersed in the Kentish countryside, fostering a keen observational eye and an intimate understanding of the rhyth…