Oil painting on canvas, The pug dominates the composition. He sits in the foreground, turned to right, head slightly facing left; the south-east of the house behind him, left; a swallow in full flight above the house, left. In the background the dog chases sheep. This huge dog was the favourite pet of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington.
A Dutch Mastiff NT 932341. Image source: Jan Wyck, “Dutch Mastiff (called 'Old Vertue') with Dunham Massey in the background,” 1700. Accessed via https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/932341.