George Stubbs

1724–1806

George Stubbs, ‘Horse Attacked by a Lion’ 1769
Horse Attacked by a Lion 1769
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George Stubbs (25 August 1724 – 10 July 1806) was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses.

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Artworks

George Stubbs, ‘Horse Attacked by a Lion’ 1769

George Stubbs Horse Attacked by a Lion

1769
T01192
George Stubbs, ‘Mares and Foals in a River Landscape’ c.1763–8

George Stubbs Mares and Foals in a River Landscape

c.1763–8
T00295
George Stubbs, ‘Horse Frightened by a Lion’ ?exhibited 1763

George Stubbs Horse Frightened by a Lion

?exhibited 1763
On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art T06869
George Stubbs, ‘Reapers’ 1785

George Stubbs Reapers

1785
On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art T02257
George Stubbs, ‘Haymakers’ 1785

George Stubbs Haymakers

1785
On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art T02256
George Stubbs, ‘Horse Devoured by a Lion’ ?exhibited 1763

George Stubbs Horse Devoured by a Lion

?exhibited 1763
T02058
George Stubbs, ‘A Couple of Foxhounds’ 1792

George Stubbs A Couple of Foxhounds

1792
T01705
George Stubbs, ‘Otho, with John Larkin up’ 1768

George Stubbs Otho, with John Larkin up

1768
T02375
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George Stubbs, ‘Reapers’ 1785
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George Stubb's Reapers and Haymakers (both 1785): Tate Etc. at Tate Britain / Artists' Perspectives

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Etching Nourishment, Creeping Buttercup by Michael Landy.
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Thomas Gainsborough, ‘Sunset: Carthorses Drinking at a Stream’ c.1760
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George Stubbs, ‘Horse Devoured by a Lion’ ?exhibited 1763
Tate Papers

Stubbs, Walpole and Burke: Convulsive Imitation and ‘Truth Extorted’: The Sublime Object

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Briton Riviere, ‘Beyond Man’s Footsteps’ exhibited 1894
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