204 ANIMAL PAINTERS 



In the possession of Lord Cobham, Hagley Hall, Stour- 

 bridge. 



Portrait of bay race horse, Trentham, ridden by jockey 

 in harlequin jacket and cap: signed and dated 1771. 



In the possession of F. G. Pawson, Esq., East House, 

 Titchfield, Hants. 



"The Rest." Landscape with figures: 23 inches by 

 25 inches. One sportsman in a drab coat sitting at the 

 root of a tree ; beside him stands a companion in a red 

 coat loading his gun ; near the latter sits a liver-and- 

 white pointer and a lemon-and-white setter. This pic- 

 ture, which bears neither date nor signature, was pur- 

 chased in Yorkshire about 1848 by an artist named 

 Chinn, who sold it to the uncle of the present owner. 



In the possession of H. Gooseman, Esq., Great Grimsby, 

 Yorks. 



A Portrait of the Artist painted by himself. This 

 interesting picture is painted on white enamelled porcelain 

 and measures 30 inches by 24 inches ; the oval mount 

 reducing it to 27 inches by 20 inches, and revealing the 

 half-length figure. Stubbs has portrayed himself looking 

 o\er his right shoulder and in the act of painting : his 

 white hair curls at the ends, the crown of his head being 

 bald ; he wears a loose coat, greyish-brown in colour, 

 and a white neck-cloth. He holds his palette, on which 

 his signature is boldly painted, " Geo : Stubbs, Pinxt : 

 1781." This portrait, therefore, shows him at the age of 

 57 years. Stubbs had made progress with an engraving 

 of this picture on copper ; the plate measures 13J by 

 10^ inches, and the oval portrait 12 inches by 9 inches ; 

 it is, however, unfinished. 



In the possession of J. R. F. Burnett, Esq. 



A Portrait of Eclipse, oblong, 4 feet 2 inches by 3 feet 

 4 inches. Eclipse, saddled and bridled, stands facing 

 the right : a surcingle passes over the saddle. At the 

 foot of an immense ancient oak, which throws a bough 



