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Lustre, held by a Groom, ca. 1762

by George Stubbs

Lustre, held by a Groom, ca. 1762

source: collections.britishart.yale.edu

Stubbs and the horse
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Lustre, held by a Groom, ca. 1762 by George Stubbs
Lustre, held by a Groom, ca. 1762 by George Stubbs
Lustre, held by a Groom, ca. 1762 by George Stubbs
Lustre, held by a Groom, ca. 1762 by George Stubbs

Stubbs and the horse

About Face article

30 October 2018

One of the chief aims of George Stubbs, 1724–1806, the late Judy Egerton’s great 1984–85 exhibition at the Tate Gallery was to provide an eloquent rebuttal to Josiah Wedgwood’s famous remark of 1780: “Noboby suspects Mr Stubs [sic] of painting anything but horses & lions, or dogs & tigers.”
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