This linocut by Scottish artist Colin Thoms was made around 1938, at a time when the medium had gained in popularity. Linocut was often dismissed by critics as childish, but the ease and speed with which striking images could be produced appealed to artists in the Art Deco period of the 1920s and 1930s. Most famously, a group of artists associated with the Grosvenor School in London did much to promote linocut, producing complex multi-coloured prints. Here, Thoms uses the bold cutting of the lino block to great effect in his depiction of an autumnal scene printed in sepia ink.