Huntsmen and hounds with mounted members of the hunt are in an enclosure flanked by corn-stacks and resembling a farmyard, except for a boiling-house with a tall chimney and joints of meat hanging from the gable-end of a building. The artist (Robert Cruikshank) sits (right) sketching; 'Blackmantle', stands beside him pointing. Behind is a large church. The Berkeley hounds, a double pack, were kept alternately during the season at Cheltenham and Gloucester. British Museum catalogue
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Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 15220 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 262, Vol. 2.
