Going out of Kennels; Moving Off; Casting for Scent; Gone Away; Full Cry; and Nearing the Kill.

Shayer, the son of the painter William Shayer, was born at Chichester in 1811. He trained in his father's studio and began to exhibit his own work at the age of 17. He was subsequently a regular contributor to the Society of Artists, the British Institution and the Royal Academy. He had a studio in Holborn, London and specialized in coaching and hunting scenes, such as the present group. His hunting scenes capture the golden age of foxhunting at the beginning of the nineteenth century and epitomise the quintessentially English nature of the sport. Shayer's work became popular and well-known, particularly through engravings, which were mostly published by Ackermann's.