Lithograph, 'Hold Hard there!', by H Alken

Lithograph, Hold Hard there!, drawn by Henry Alken and engraved by J H Engleheart, about 1845 to 1850. Depicts a passenger train halted by a pack of hounds tearing a fox apart on the railway line. There are two huntsmen on horseback at the side of the track, one of them pulling up his white horse, which is frightened by the train. On the other side of the line is a field, where two men are ploughing with a team of horses, and in the distance is the spire of a country church. Published by Rogerson and Tuxford, 246 Strand, London. British Transport Commission label gummed on reverse, with ink stamp and reference number in ball point pen.