George Stubbs
(1724-1806), Painter and anatomistSitter in 9 portraits
Artist associated with 6 portraits
A superb animal painter and a penetrating portraitist, Stubbs is known for his Anatomy of a Horse, 1766, a series of magnificent engravings based on the dissections he carried out in a remote village in Lincolnshire. A friend of Josiah Wedgwood, Stubbs experimented with painting on alternative surfaces, including copper, porcelain and Wedgwood plaques.
by Benjamin Green ('Pott'), published by Robert Sayer, published by John Bennett, after George Stubbs
mezzotint, published 10 January 1777
NPG D15221
after George Stubbs
chromolithograph, (circa 1780)
NPG D37631
by George Townley Stubbs, after George Stubbs
stipple engraving, published 1795 (1791)
NPG D13799
by and published by George Townley Stubbs, after George Stubbs
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 30 April 1795 (1791)
NPG D14838
by and published by George Townley Stubbs, after George Stubbs
stipple engraving, published 10 February 1795
NPG D18969
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