This complex, multi-figural, busy market scene is full of life and colour with a fierce expression of energy. The ordered watercolour with its dynamic, conspicuous, colliding brushstrokes of vivid colours painted at lightning speed, the absence of ‘drawn’ outlines, creates a light-saturated composition in which not only atmosphere but motion seemed to have been caught and frozen for a moment. Knighton-Hammond’s continental market scenes can be described as a celebration of everyday urban life resulting from his personal understanding of the subject. The artist has focused on the interactions of the crowds and the fact that in each part of the composition a human story is being told powerfully engaging the viewer’s interest.