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George Townly Stubbs

?–1815

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WikidataQ18527597

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Artworks (19)

[Fox-hunting] Two Hunters / Belonging to Henry U. Reay of Burn Hall in the County of Durham....

1792 · stipple engraving

A Sleeping Leopard

1791 · Soft-ground etching with roulette work; second state of two

7 1/8 x 9 5/16 in. (18.1 x 23.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hay-Makers

1791 · Stipple engraving, with roulette, on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 48.4 × 68.5 cm (19 1/16 × 27 in.); Sheet: 53.7 × 71.3 cm (21 3/16 × 28 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Labourers

1789 · Etching, with stipple engraving, roulette, rocker and burnishing, on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 52.6 × 70 cm (20 3/4 × 27 9/16 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 72.2 cm (21 7/8 × 28 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bulls Fighting

1788 · mezzotint technique

A Horse Affrighted at a Lion

1788 · Etching with roulette work; third state of three

sheet: 9 7/8 x 12 in. (25.1 x 30.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Tyger (A Recumbent Leopard by a Tree)

1788 · Etching with roulette in black on off-white wove paper

Sheet: 25.6 × 32.8 cm (10 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.); Image: 22.5 × 31.3 cm (8 7/8 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dog (A Foxhound Viewed from Behind)

1788 · Roulette work with etching; first and only state

4 1/8 x 5 in. (10.5 x 12.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Lion (A Lion Resting on a Rock)

1788 · Etching with roulette work; only state

13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (33.7 x 26.0 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Out of Fits, or the Recovery to the Satisfaction of All Parties

1786

A Horse Frightened by a Lion

1777 · Etching with engraving on paper

Image: 34.5 × 46 cm (13 5/8 × 18 1/8 in.); Plate: 37.4 × 48 cm (14 3/4 × 18 15/16 in.); Sheet: 38.5 × 50 cm (15 3/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

1777 · Etching and engraving on cream laid paper

Image: 34.1 × 45.9 cm (13 7/16 × 18 1/8 in.); Sheet: 36.5 × 47.7 cm (14 3/8 × 18 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Terrible Horse 'Trentham'

1772 · mezzotint technique

The Third Duke of Dorset's Hunter with a Groom and a Dog

1768 · Oil on canvas

40 x 49 3/4 in. (101.6 x 126.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Anatomy of the Horse, including a particular description of the bones, cartilages, muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins, and glands

1766 · Illustrations: etching

18 1/4 x 23 in. (46.4 x 58.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Anatomy of the Horse

1766 · Book with twenty-four engravings in black on cream laid paper, in box

Box: 51.4 × 64.7 × 4.3 cm (20 1/4 × 25 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.); Book: 48 × 61.3 × 2.4 cm (18 15/16 × 24 3/16 × 1 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mambrino

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19 published of 19 catalogued · 18 with image

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Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

30 entries · 1 sources

Children Dancing
1798 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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'Baronet'
1794 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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[Fox-hunting] Two Hunters / Belonging to Henry U. Reay of Burn Hall in the County of Durham....
1792 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Terrible Horse 'Trentham'
1772 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Mambrino
— · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Bulls Fighting
1788 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Out of Fits, or the Recovery to the Satisfaction of All Parties
1786 · Wikidata · 3 prov
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