Five hunting hounds with white, black and tan coats are crowded together in a long, shallow boat that points diagonally across calm lake water. Most are seen from behind or in profile, while one turns a calm gaze toward the viewer. A faint, shadowy figure is half hidden behind them.

Beyond the boat, a dense wooded shore rises in russet, rust and olive foliage under a patch of pale gray sky, and a long dark reflection anchors the bottom of the picture. The washes bleed softly and the background trees blur at the edges. Sandy dry-brush texture and a few pencil-like contours give the scene a faded, aged-paper quiet, in the manner of a late-19th-century American watercolorist.