"Mr Stubbs The Horse Painter" 1971 PARKER, Constance-Anne (SOLD)
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PARKER, Constance-Anne
[203] pp.
J. A. Allen & Co Limited
1971
9" x 11"
VG/ VG
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Includes for Liverpool early life/ York and the Midwifery book/ Rome/ The anatomy of a horse/ London, Goodwood, Eaton Hall/ The Society of Artists/ The Somerset Street House/ The Mares and Foals Series/ The Lion and Horse Series/ Wild Animals/ Enamel painting/ The Royal Academy/ The Turf Gallery/ Exhibitions and Technique/ History and conversation pieces/ The Comparative Anatomy/ George Stubbs (25 August 1724 – 10 July 1806) was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses. Stubbs also painted more exotic animals including lions, tigers, giraffes, monkeys, and rhinoceroses, which he was able to observe in private menageries. He became preoccupied with the theme of a wild horse threatened by a lion and produced several variations on this theme. These and other works became well known at the time through engravings of Stubbs's work, which appeared in increasing numbers in the 1770s and 1780s. His most famous work is probably Whistlejacket, a painting of a prancing horse commissioned by the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, which is now in the National Gallery in London. This and two other paintings carried out for Rockingham break with convention in having plain backgrounds. Throughout the 1760s he produced a wide range of individual and group portraits of horses, sometimes accompanied by hounds. He often painted horses with their grooms, whom he always painted as individuals. Meanwhile he also continued to accept commissions for portraits of people, including some group portraits. From 1761 to 1776.