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George Stubbs

Also known as: George Stubbs; primary name: Stubbs, George
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1724-1806
Biography: Painter of portraits, animal pictures, heroic animal histories and poetical scenes of rural life. Also made mezzotints using a novel method. Born Liverpool 1724; died London 10 July 1806. In Rome in 1754. 1758 began his dissections of horses, which lead to the engraved work 'The Anatomy of the Horse' in 1766. ARA 1780.
Bibliography: C. Lennox-Boyd, R. Dixon and T. Clayton, 'George Stubbs: the complete engraved works', London 1989 (catalogue of prints by and after) Judy Egerton, George Stubbs, Painter, 2 vol, catalogue raisonné, Yale, 2007 Herbert W. Rott, ed., 'George Stubbs 1724-1806: Science into Art', with contributions by Werner Busch, Tim Clayton, Martin Myrone, et al, Prestel, 2012

205 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.303 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Drawn by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1773

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.230 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Peter PaillouAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1763-1805

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.302 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Drawn by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1773

drawing

Museum number: 1890,1110.9 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 After:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1724-1806

drawing

Museum number: 1890,1110.10 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sawrey GilpinFormerly attributed to:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1750-1807

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.304 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Drawn by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1773

drawing

Museum number: 1877,1013.824 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Benjamin GreenAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1770

drawing

Museum number: 1867,1012.145.+ |
Producer name: Drawn by:John ScottAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1774-1827

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1884,0308.5 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 After:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1724-1806

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1851,0208.344-363 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerPublished by:James Henry Leigh Hunt |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

plaquette

Museum number: OA.5035 |
Producer name: After:Théodore GéricaultAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:France

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.5656 |
Producer name: After:George StubbsPrint made by:George Frederick Watts |
Production date: 1832-1904

print

Title: Shooting |
Museum number: 1842,1112.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: Shooting |
Museum number: 1852,0705.206 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: Shooting |
Museum number: 1852,0705.208 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: Shooting |
Museum number: 1842,1112.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: Spanish Pointer |
Museum number: 1885,0613.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1768

print

Title: Shooting |
Museum number: 1852,0705.202 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: Shooting |
Museum number: 1852,0705.204 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: Shooting |
Museum number: 1852,0705.207 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1770

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Coll. Bred by Lord Bolingbroke |
Museum number: 1930,0512.356 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ScottAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1803

print; book-illustration

Title: The Grosvenor Hunt Grosvenor Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,1208.269 |
Producer name: After:George StubbsPrint made by:John Young |
Production date: 1820

print

Title: Shooting |
Museum number: 1840,0808.183 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: Shooting |
Museum number: 1864,0714.121 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1771

print

Title: A Sketch |
Museum number: 1865,0114.904 |
Producer name: Print made by:James BrethertonAfter:Thomas Orde Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton |
Production date: 1750-1799

print; book-illustration

Title: Portraits of Brood Mares, in a landscape Grosvenor Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,1208.270 |
Producer name: After:George StubbsPrint made by:John Young |
Production date: 1820

print

Title: Shooting |
Museum number: 1864,1114.456 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1771

print

Title: A Sketch |
Museum number: 1850,0810.203 |
Producer name: Print made by:James BrethertonAfter:Thomas Orde Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton |
Production date: 1750-1799

print

Title: Shooting |
Museum number: 1846,0711.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: A tigress |
Museum number: 1872,0113.422 |
Producer name: Print made by:R J H DoneyAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1824

print

Title: The Horse and Lion |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2233 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin GreenAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1767 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Lincolnshire Ox |
Museum number: 1854,1020.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: An Arabian belonging to Lord Grosvenor |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5632 |
Producer name: After:George StubbsPublished by:Sayer & Bennett |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Lion Devouring a Horse |
Museum number: 1865,0114.911 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788

print; extra-illustrated book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,1224.603.1-2105 |
Producer name: Published by:AckermannPrint made by:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1760-1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Game keepers |
Museum number: 1872,0511.315 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry BircheAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Bulls Fighting |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2664 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: The lion and horse Prints of horses |
Museum number: 1879,1213.382 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin GreenAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1896,1230.1029-1031 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis William WainPrint made by:Robert Paterson |
Production date: 1888 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mambrino |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5651 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Howard HodgesAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page; book-illustration

Museum number: 1930,0512.407 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ScottLettering engraved by:John Girtin |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Stubbs Esqr. |
Museum number: 1893,0516.345 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Godolphin Arabian |
Museum number: 1873,0712.570 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Tigress |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5655 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert LaurieAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1780s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Phillis, a Pointer of Lord Clermonts |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5634 |
Producer name: After:George StubbsPrint made by:Benjamin Green |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Protector |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5652 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Howard HodgesAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A horse affrighted by a lion |
Museum number: 1865,0114.909 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1777

print

Title: The Lyon, and Lyoness |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5637 |
Producer name: After:George StubbsPrint made by:George Townley Stubbs |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Lyon |
Museum number: 1872,1012.594 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1776

print

Museum number: 1868,1212.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin GreenAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Tyger |
Museum number: 1851,0208.275 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Eclipse |
Museum number: 1854,1020.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BurkeAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Lion |
Museum number: 1865,0114.915 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788

print; book-illustration

Title: Spanish Pointer |
Museum number: 1930,0512.580 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ScottAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book of prints

Title: Comparative Anatomy |
Museum number: 1947,0618.1.1-30 |
Producer name: Print made by:George StubbsPublished by:Edward Orme |
Production date: 1804-1806 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: Lion with Sceptre |
Museum number: 1897,0615.24 |
Producer name: After:Edwin LandseerPrint made by:Thomas Landseer |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Lion and Lioness |
Museum number: 1873,0809.421 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard HoustonAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1773 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Dog |
Museum number: 1865,0114.919 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: Phaeton |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2229 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin GreenAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: Lion with Sceptre |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1481 |
Producer name: After:Edwin LandseerPrint made by:Thomas Landseer |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1878,0713.4777.1-3 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 After:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Stallion and Mare |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5638 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Baronet |
Museum number: 1873,0712.565 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Bandy, belonging to Lord Grosvenor |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5629 |
Producer name: After:George StubbsPublished by:William Wynne Ryland |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Protector |
Museum number: 1873,0712.568 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Bulls Fighting |
Museum number: 1972,U.940 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Gimcrack |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2230 |
Producer name: After:George StubbsPrint made by:George Townley Stubbs |
Production date: 1775 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mambrino |
Museum number: 1952,0211.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Farmer's Wife and the Raven |
Museum number: 1865,0114.908 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Tyger |
Museum number: 1865,0114.918 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Godolphin Arabian |
Museum number: 1847,0710.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ScottAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: George Stubbs Esqr R.A. |
Museum number: 1866,0113.246 |
Producer name: Print made by:William NichollsAfter:Ozias Humphry |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Eclipse |
Museum number: 1949,0930.3 |
Producer name: After:George StubbsPublished by:Laurie & Whittle |
Production date: 1804 1949 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Pangloss belonging to Lord Grosvenor |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5627 |
Producer name: After:George StubbsPublished by:William Wynne Ryland |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.551 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1766

print

Title: A tigress |
Museum number: 1917,1208.2441 |
Producer name: Print made by:John DixonAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1773 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Horse Affrighted at a Lion |
Museum number: 1931,1224.3 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Sebra, or Wild Ass |
Museum number: 1862,1011.557 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.2258 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin GreenAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.2238 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 After:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1760s-1780s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Title: George Stubbs Esqr. |
Museum number: 1925,0511.26.142 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Tigers |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5641 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 After:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1790s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Tygers at Play |
Museum number: 1851,0208.278 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: Bulls Fighting |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5653 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: An Arabian belonging to Mr. Gregory |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5625 |
Producer name: After:George StubbsPublished by:William Wynne Ryland |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Signature |
Museum number: 1990,0519.15.13 |
Producer name: Printed by:Curwen StudioPrinted by:Chiswick Press |
Production date: 1940 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Game keeper |
Museum number: 1881,1210.269 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ScottAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Anvil |
Museum number: 1873,0712.569 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Godolphin Arabian |
Museum number: 1881,1210.270 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ScottAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Tyger |
Museum number: 1865,0114.916 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: A Horse Affrighted by a Lion |
Museum number: 1853,1210.846 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1777

print

Title: Dog |
Museum number: 1914,0520.537 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: Horses Fighting |
Museum number: 1867,1214.331 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: Bandy, belonging to Lord Grosvenor |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5628 |
Producer name: After:George StubbsPublished by:William Wynne Ryland |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: Lion with Sceptre |
Museum number: 1897,0615.25 |
Producer name: After:Edwin LandseerPrint made by:Thomas Landseer |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Horses Fighting |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2665 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Townley StubbsAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book; frontispiece

Title: A Drawing Book in Chalks |
Museum number: 1876,0708.2795 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin GreenPublished by:Samuel Hooper |
Production date: 1775 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Dog |
Museum number: 1914,0520.536 |
Producer name: BIOG47668 Print made by:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: Brood Mares Prints of Horses |
Museum number: 1928,1127.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin GreenAfter:George Stubbs |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Eclipse |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5643 |
Producer name: After:George StubbsPrint made by:George Townley Stubbs |
Production date: 1770s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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