George Stubbs's huge picture was painted in about 1762 for the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Whistlejacket's owner and a great patron of Stubbs. According to some writers of the period the original intention was to commission an equestrian portrait of George III, but it is more likely that Stubbs always intended to show the horse alone rearing up against a neutral background.
Black chalk horse study, 1756-1758
Vintage human skeleton drawing, by George Stubbs in 1804-06
Human skeleton drawing by George Stubbs in 1804-06.
Etching from A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and Common Fowl, 1804-06
George Stubbs's huge picture was painted in about 1762 for the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Whistlejacket's owner and a great patron of Stubbs. According to some writers of the period the original intention was to commission an equestrian portrait of George III, but it is more likely that Stubbs always intended to show the horse alone rearing up against a neutral background.
Vintage human skeleton drawing, by George Stubbs in 1804-06
Human skeleton drawing by George Stubbs in 1804-06.
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