Lot 196: Anthony Hedges (1900-1979), Rural Landscape with Horse-Drawn Plough, Oil on Canvas

A traditional rural landscape painting by the artist Anthony Hedges (1900-1979), executed in oil on stretched canvas. The composition depicts a team of two heavy horses pulling a plough through a freshly turned field, guided by a figure in the mid-ground. The scene is flanked by tall, mature trees with dense green foliage, painted with textured, impasto brushwork. The background features a distant horizon under a bright, cloud-filled sky. The work is signed Anthony Hedges in red paint to the lower right corner. It is housed in a substantial and ornate gilded composition frame featuring scrolling acanthus leaf and floral motifs, finished with a neutral fabric-covered inner slip and a narrow gilt bevel.