Foxhounds Collection

The Visitors Who Told the Master Off by H. M. Bateman
Cartoon by the master of social satire, H. M. Bateman, showing a somewhat arrogant visitor to a hunt lecture the Master of Foxhounds much to the shock of other members. Date: 1936

Thomas Colleton Garth, Vanity Fair, Spy
THOMAS COLLETON GARTH (1822-1907) Master of the Garth foxhounds for over 50 years. In riding clothes, wearing boots and spurs. Caption: A Very Old Master Date: 1822-1907

Huntsmen and foxhounds in a field. Date: 1960s

Illustration, foxhounds howling in chorus
Illustration, a pack of foxhounds howling in chorus, eager to go out hunting. Date: 1912

Horse and drunk huntsman crashing through a shop window, 19th century. Caingey Thornton in hunting pinks on Hercules, followed by Mr. Sponge on Multum in Parvo

Three hunt members, horses and foxhounds, Somerset
Three hunt members, horses and foxhounds in a field at Lea Hill, near Porlock, Somerset. Date: circa 1960s

South Devon Foxhounds, Cockington, near Torquay
South Devon Foxhounds with huntsmen and horses at Cockington, near Torquay, Devon, getting ready to set off. Date: circa 1960s

Kentish Fox Meet
A cubbing Meet of the West Kent Foxhounds, held at Kemsing Station, Kent, England. Date: 1930s

English lady surveying fancy room with covered chandeliers
English lady surveying a fancy room with covered furniture and chandeliers in brown-holland balloons, 19th century. Housekeeper Mrs Mustard showing Mrs Lucy Somerville around the drawing room

man with foxhounds

The Old Surrey Foxhounds, by William Barraud
Sir Edmund Antrobus and the Old Surrey Fox Hounds at the Foot of Addington Hills, by William Barraud Date: circa 1830s

Master of Fox Hounds
Major Sir George Meyrick (1885-1960), Master of Fox Hounds for the New Forest Hunt. Date: 1932

Hunt Meet at Hever Castle
The West Kent Foxhounds meeting at Hever Castle. Date: 1925

Princess Mary, Hunting
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), daughter of King George V, attending a meet of the Bramham Moor Hunt

Mendip Hunt Meet
A gathering of the Mendip Hunt, outside Wells Cathedral in Somerset. Date: 1925

Dog grooming, English Foxhounds at the Hunt Kennels
Dog Grooming, English Foxhounds at the Hunt Kennels by George Wright. Date: 1907

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Time I Was Dead
Illustration by Cecil Aldin in his autobiography, Time I Was Dead, The South Berks, a black and white reproduction of Aldin's landscape picture of the hunt in progress

Huntsman in hunting pinks embracing a woman on a horse, 19th century. Mr. Sponge proposes marriage to Lucy during a fox hunt. The pack of foxhounds has lost the scent. Mr. Sponge declares himself

Two English gentlemen evaluating a horse in a paddock, 19th century. A jockey sits on Hercules, a groom Leather holds the horses head

English huntsman in hunting pinks and boots examining a fox in a cage by candlelight, 19th century. Facey Romford receiving a bag fox from Willia Watkins. A maid in apron and petticoats watches

Master of the South Devon Foxhounds Date: circa mid 1960s

Master of the Tiverton Stag Hounds. Date: 1961

ILN cover - Agricultural Meeting, fox hounds
Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring an engraving of an agricultural meeting at Lincoln with the foxhound judging in progress. Date: 1869

F. W Rickett on horseback
Mr F.W. Rickett : the English financier who obtained the much discussed oil concession from the Abyssinian government. Here on horseback as Master of Foxhounds. Date: September 1935

FOXHOUNDS GET THE BOOT
These foxhound puppies have an inside knowledge of their masters boots! Date: 1930s

Princess Elizabeth as a hunting enthusiast
The Duchess of York (Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) with Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) at a meet of the Pytchley Hunt at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire

Silverton Foxhounds and huntsman, Devon. 1960s

Mrs Lakin as master of Wexford foxhounds during WWI
Mrs Lakin, acting in the absence of her husband, Captain M. L. Lakin D.S.O, who is at the front with the Hussars. Mrs Lakin was the daughter of the late Lord Maurice Fitzgerald of Johnstown Castle

MFH of the South Devon Foxhounds
Master of Fox Hounds of the South Devon Foxhounds. Date: circa 1960s

Hunstman of the South Devon Foxhounds at a quarry close to Newton Abbott, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Huntsmen and foxhounds, Bodmin, Cornwall
Huntsmen and foxhounds of the North Cornwall Foxhounds, Lanhydrock Park, Bodmin, Cornwall. Date: 1960s

Huntsman of the South Devon Foxhounds on his white horse. Date: 1960s

Huntsman of the Lamerton Foxhounds, Tavistock, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Silverton Foxhounds and two huntsmen, Devon. Date: 1960s

Good Hunting by C. Ambler in the Tatler, 1931
Cartoon by Christopher Gifford Ambler (1886-1951), a prolific illustrator who specialised in dogs and horses. Date: 1931

Huntsman and foxhounds, Bodmin, Cornwall
Huntsman and foxhounds of the North Cornwall Foxhounds, Lanhydrock Park, Bodmin, Cornwall. 1960s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, foxhound puppy
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a very cute foxhound puppy. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, inspector counting hounds
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- an excise officer counting hounds in the days when dog licences were required. Not surprisingly, he is having difficulty counting sixty couples who keep moving around

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, foxhound and monkey
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- a foxhound named Furrier and a West African monkey named Sally. " They were the greatest pals." Date: 1927

Foxhounds with their hackles up as they dash through the covert. Date: 1926

Nettlecombe Court, Williton, Somerset
Nettlecombe Court, Williton, Taunton, Somerset, England. Showing the West Somerset Foxhounds Date: 1910s

Foxhunting - The Jackdaw Inn - Formerly the Red Lion Hotel, Denton, Canterbury, near Folkestone, Kent, England. Showing Foxhounds, Horses and Carriages Date: 1910s

Foxhunting, Claydon, Suffolk
Foxhunting, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Essex & Suffolk Foxhounds Date: 1910s

Three hunt members, horses and foxhounds in a field. Date: circa 1960s

West Somerset Foxhounds in action. Date: 1960s

Women acting as Master of Foxhounds, World War I
A meet of the Whaddon Chase Foxhounds at Wing, near Leighton Buzzard showing Mrs Selby Lowndes acting as Master in the absence of her husband, Major Selby Lowndes. Date: 1915

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