George Stubbs - Gregory's Grey Arabian, later Rycote Arabian

Object Description

George Stubbs, A.R.A. (Liverpool 1724 – 1806 London)
Gregory’s Grey Arabian, later Rycote Arabian
oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘Geo Stubbs Pinx/1775’ (lower right)
39 ¼ x 49 ¼ in. (100 x 125 cm)

Object History

Provenance:
Commissioned by Robert Gregory MP, of Valence, Kent, Rolls Park, Essex and Coole Park, Co. Galway, Ireland, 1775;
Sold as one of a pair, Fine Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sotheby’s, London, 18th November 1959, lot 24, (bt. Leggatt Brothers, London.

Exhibited:
with Oscar and Peter Johnson, London, 1963, catalogue untraced, no.6.

Object Literature

George Stubbs, Painter, Catalogue Raisonne, Judy Egerton, Yale University Press, 2007, no, 175, pp. 374-5.

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