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George Stubbs

83 works

George Stubbs (1724-1806) was an English painter of horses whose study The Anatomy of the Horse was based on his own dissections; his best-known painting is Whistlejacket. Read more

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Pangloss

1762

Painting of two men with a spaniel by a river, a thatched mill and a rocky cliff beneath a pale blue sky.

Two gentlemen going a shooting, with a view of Creswell Crags

1767

Two black horses in harness beside a red phaeton, with a coachman, a footman and a dog in an open landscape.

The Prince of Wales's Phaeton

1793

Painting of a dark bay horse led by a groom in brown coat beside a rocky cliff and billowing clouds.

The Marquess of Rockingham's Arabian Stallion (led by a Groom at Creswell Crags)

1780

Chestnut horse rearing on hind legs against a plain olive background, with a flowing pale tail and mane.

Whistlejacket

1762

Group portrait by Stubbs: a man in red coat with horse beside two women under a large oak, with a lake at right.

Captain Samuel Sharpe Pocklington with His Wife, Pleasance, and possibly His Sister, Frances

1769

Painting of a curly white poodle standing on a wooden punt beside a river with a large willow tree.

White Poodle in a Punt

c. 1780

Painting of a bay horse with a white blaze held by a trainer in a light coat beside a brick building on open heath.

Firetail with his Trainer by the Rubbing-Down House on Newmarket Heath

1773

Painting of a man in a red coat with a horse under a large oak, two women in silk dresses, and a river landscape.

Captain Samuel Sharpe Pocklington with His Wife, Pleasance, and possibly His Sister, Frances

1769

Painting of a lion attacking a rearing horse on rocks beside a river, with cliffs and trees in the background.

Horse Devoured by a Lion

1763

Painting of a curly white poodle standing on a wooden punt beside a river, with a large willow tree behind.

White Poodle in a Punt

1780

Painting of a white and tan hound chasing a leaping antlered stag across a grassy landscape with trees and a river.

Hound Coursing a Stag

1762

Painting of a white and black hound sniffing the ground beside trees, with a distant sea and pink sky at right.

Foxhound

1760

Oval painting of reapers binding wheat sheaves in a field, with a mounted rider, a dog and a woman in a bonnet.

Reapers

1795

Oval half-length self-portrait of a heavyset man with dark hair in a tan coat against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

1759

Man in a brown coat holds a dying doe as a hound leaps beside him in a dark wooded clearing, with a rifle on the ground.

Freeman, the Earl of Clarendon's gamekeeper, with a dying doe and hound

1800

Woman in blue riding habit on a chestnut horse with a small dog, in an open green parkland landscape.

The Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

1760

Painting of a lion pinning a stag to the grass, with the stag's head thrown back against a dark background.

A Lion Attacking a Stag

1765

Water Spaniel

1769

Painting of a snarling lioness facing a maned male lion before a dark rocky background.

Lion and Lioness

1770

Oval portrait of a man with grey powdered wig and grey coat against a dark background, in a gilt-ribboned wooden frame.

Mr. Hospey (?)Walker

1783

Oval painting of a sleeping spotted leopard curled among rocks and leaves against a dark background.

Sleeping Leopard

1777

Painting of a chestnut horse beside a young stable boy in a red jacket, with trees and a river behind them.

Pumpkin with a Stable-lad

1774

Oval painting of four labourers with a horse and cart beneath trees, a dog resting in front, and a country house at right.

Labourers

1781

Chestnut horse with white socks held by a groom in a tan coat on a grassy field with trees and cloudy sky.

Lustre, held by a Groom

1762

Painting of a grey saddled horse with a man in yellow coat leaning on it, two hounds, and a tree in a landscape.

Studies for or after "The 3rd Duke of Richmond with the Charleton Hunt

1750

Painting of a white Greenland falcon with dark barred wings standing on a perch against a dark wooded landscape.

Greenland Falcon

1780

Brown and white curly-coated spaniel standing in a landscape with a willow tree, water, and wildflowers under a cloudy sky.

Brown and White Norfolk or Water Spaniel

1778

Painting of a gabled brick rubbing-down house on open grassy heath with distant trees under a cloudy sky.

Newmarket Heath, with a Rubbing-down House

1765

White horse rearing as a brown lion attacks its hindquarters against a dark rocky background.

Horse Attacked by a Lion (Episode C)

1768

Painting of two cream ponies pulling a blue phaeton while a stable-lad holds the reins beside a dog in a wooded landscape.

Phaeton with a Pair of Cream Ponies and a Stable-Lad

1780

Painting of a tan bull and a white bull locking horns on grass in front of dark trees and a cloudy sky.

Bulls Fighting

1786

George Stubbs (1724-1806) was an English painter of horses whose study The Anatomy of the Horse was based on his own dissections; his best-known painting is Whistlejacket. Browse 83 works by George Stubbs from 16 museums, free to download in HD.