Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

Hammond was a prodigious painter who is best known for his society portraiture, landscapes and industrial paintings. He used a variety of mediums in his work, but is best known as a watercolourist.
Having left school at 11, he first worked in a grocery store before entering into an apprenticeship with a watchmaker. He pursued his interest in art studying at Nottingham School of Art in the evenings. He left his apprenticeship to concentrate on art full time.