George Stubbs : 'all done from nature' / [curated by Paul Bonaventura, Martin Postle and Anthony Spira].

  • Stubbs, George, 1724-1806
Date:
2019
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

All done from nature

Description

George Stubbs: 'all done from Nature' presents the first significant overview of Stubbs's work in Britain for more than 10 years and brings together 100 paintings, drawings and publications, from the National Gallery's 'Whistlejacket' to pieces that have never been seen in public. A major theme of the exhibition is anatomy. The show includes Stubbs's contributions to a pioneering treatise on midwifery and his preliminary work on 'A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl'. It also includes the detailed studies and drawings that led to The Anatomy of the Horse the greatest coming together of art and science in British art alongside the actual skeleton of the legendary racehorse Eclipse who Stubbs depicted on several occasions. Exhibition: MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK (11.10.2019-26.01.2020) / Mauritshuis, The Hague, The Netherlands (20.02.-01.06.2020)

Publication/Creation

London : Paul Holberton Publishing, 2019.

Physical description

223 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes

The exhibition included 4 prints from Wellcome Collection, reference numbers 34457i; 34461i; 34426i; 34340i.
Catalogue of an exhibition at MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK from October 12, 2019-January 26, 2020; and at Mauritshuis, The Hague, The Netherlands, from February 20-June 1, 2020

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (page 222).

Contents

George Stubbs: artist and academician / Martin Postle -- Stubs's whistlejacket / Roger Robinson -- Stubbs and the exotic / Jenny Uglow -- Horseracing in the time of George Stubbs / Nicholas Clee -- Hambletonian, rubbing down / Rogher Robinson -- So, just what is it that makes George Stubbs so modern, so appealing? / Martin Myrone.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    DA.AL.AA7
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781911300687
  • 1911300687