An early landscape by Arthur Hammond with a crisp local colour foreground broken up by the river running through the composition. The large tree demonstrates the artist’s skill in depicting nature. In the centre of the picture is an arched bridge spanning over the river with a church spire beyond. The hills in the background are in an atmospheric blue colour. The component planes in the landscape provide aerial perspective. The flat fields, trees and hills create a gently rhythmic division between land and sky.