An elderly man treats the injured paw of a bloodhound; two other dogs and a girl attend. Photolithograph by Maclure, Macdonald & Co., 1891, after R. Ansdell.

"The wounded hound was described in The art journal of 1849 in terms of its dramatic as well as artistic merits: '[The picture] represents a noble bloodhound, whose foot has been injured, submitting it to the careful attentions of an old man ... A huge rough deerhound also sits by and howls most piteously as in sympathy with his unfortunate companion. The remaining dramatis personae are a little girl, whose interest is strongly excited by the scene before her, and a small terrier dog...The picture is painted with great power, the incident well told, and the figures, which are life-size, have evidently been carefully studied from nature. Mr Ansdell is, without question, one of the best animal painters of the day...'. Sarah Kellam has suggested that it is likely that the dogs may have been the artist's own, observing also that the old man featured in the work was a favourite model for Ansdell, appearing in other works, but whose identity has since been lost. It proved such a popular image that steel engravings were produced for the mass market by W.T. Davey in 1849, and it was even reproduced on a Colman's mustard tin of the period."--catalogue of Christie's, London, 22 November 2006, lot 116