This is one of Stanley Spencer's first pure landscape paintings and was painted direct from nature. The sharply lit colours and elevated perspective suggest a debt to the works of the Pre-Raphaelites. It shows the countryside around the artist's native village, Cookham in Berkshire. The view is from Terry's Lane to Winter Hill and Rowborough. The red dash below the horizon is a railway signal. The railway, which cuts across the picture, transformed this part of the Thames into a busy summer resort. Stanley's brother, Gilbert, recalled that Terry's Lane and the railway bridge was a popular childhood walk for the two brothers.