English woman in crinoline skirt trying to catch a cat during a hare hunt, 19th century. The cat has outwitted the hounds by laying false trails. Alongside Mrs Wotherspoon are Caleb Rennison, Mr Trail, Captain Nabley, Mr Nettlefold, the Major, etc. Old Wotherspoon’s hare. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Robert Smith Surtees’ Ask Mamma, or the Richest Commoner in England, Bradbury and Evans., London, 1858.

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