Description:Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield (1795-1854) is mounted on a pony, with Lord Melbourne on his right and Lord Uxbridge behind him, wearing a grey hat. Lord Sefton is seated at the left and the boy lying on the ground is Lord Anson (Thomas George Anson, later the 2nd Earl of Lichfield). Ranton Abbey was one of the Earl of Lichfield's properties in Staffordshire, and was used as a shooting lodge.
A coloured engraving by W.H. Simmons after an oil painting of 1840 by Sir Francis Grant, which can be seen on display at Shugborough Hall.