A view of the new Schloss. A red and white striped flag flies on the roof. The group of figures before the entrance probably include Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and attendants with horses. In the centre foreground two greyhounds race along; dark forest rear left. Reinhardsbrunn, a former religious house about eighty miles west of Gotha, had been completely remodelled by Ernest I - 'his last and favourite work' - as a hunting-box in the medieval style. He had employed Gustav Eberhard as his architect and the work had been completed in 1833. Prince Albert, whom this picture was painted for, was often there in the summer months of his boyhood. Inscribed on the back with the name of the artist, the title and the date.