By Robert John Hammond
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Robert John Hammond
British, (1853-1911)
Stepping Stones
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1900
Image size: 20.75 inches x 13.75 inches
Size including frame: 30.5 inches x 23.5 inches
A pretty painting of figures crossing stepping stones over a river by Robert John Hammond. Behind the figures a path leads towards two cottages at the foot of a mountainous landscape. The landscape is similar to that of North Wales, a location which Hammond returned to a number of times.
Robert John Hammond was a landscape painter born in Blackfriars, London in 1853. By the time he was 18 he had moved to Sutton Coldfield where he initially became an apprentice watchmaker before becoming a full time artist. In 1871, he married Lucy Banner, the sister of the artist Alfred Banner...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings