Signed lower right, 'H. Hammond' for Horace Murray Hammond (British, circa 1879-1966) and dated 1921. A luminously painted, bucolic view of harvest time in England with the lilac of the evening casting a soft light over the contented horses and loaded hay-cart, as the harvesters come to the end of their day's labors. Son of the noted landscape painter, Robert John Hammond, Horace Hammond was born and raised in Warwickshire. In 1927, he moved, first to Worcestershire and then to London. Over the course of a long and successful career, Hammond exhibited widely, including at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and at London's Royal Academy, among numerous other locations. A well-listed painter, illustrator and lithographer, Horace Hammond exhibited from 1902-1939 but is best known for his landscape work of the 1920s-30s. Reference: The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, J. Johnson and A. Greutzner, 1980 Edition, Antique Collectors’ Club 1976, page 225; Hidden Talents: A Dictionary of Neglected Artists Working 1880-1950, Jeremy Wood, Jeremy Wood Fine Art, West Sussex, England 1994, page 110; Meibohm Fine Arts; et al.