A pencil drawing on brown paper of a hound, facing to the left. Inscribed on the sheet in a hand associated with the dealer Colnaghi, 'Original by Seymour'.

The painter and draughtsman James Seymour specialised in sporting subjects. He was primarily self-taught, making copies after paintings that passed through the hands of his father's art dealership. In 1739 the Universal Spectator stated that he was 'reckoned the finest draughtsman in his way [of horses, hounds etc.] in the whole world', although George Vertue noted the deficiencies in his draughtsmanship from lack of formal study. This drawing is one of six sheets by Seymour acquired by George IV when Prince of Wales.