On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Exhibition History: George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15)

1. Human Skeleton, Anterior View (Finished Study for Table I)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 x 16 inches (54.3 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Human Skeleton, Posterior View (Finished Study for Table II)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 inches (54 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Human Figure, Lateral View, Undissected (Finished Study for Table VIII)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 inches (54 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Tiger, Lateral View, with Skin and Tissue Removed (Finished Study for Table IX)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 21 1/4 inches (40.6 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Human Figure, Anterior View, Skin and Underlying Fascial Layers Removed (Finished Study for Table XI)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper lined with Japanese paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 15 3/4 inches (53.3 x 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Human Figure, Posterior View, Partially Dissected (Finished Study for Table XII)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper lined with Japanese paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 15 7/8 inches (53.3 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Human Figure, Lateral View, after Removal of the Skin and the Underlying Fascial Layers (Finished Study for Table XIII)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: graphite with pen and red-brown ink on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches (48.9 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Tiger, Lateral View, with the Connective Tissue Overlying the Muscles Removed (Finished Study for Table XIV)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 21 inches (40.6 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Fowl, Lateral View, with Skin and Underlying Fascial Layers Removed (Finished Study for Table XV)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 inches (54 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Human Figure, Lateral View (For the key figure to Table XIII)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 16 inches (53.3 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Human Skeleton, Lateral View (Close to the Final Study for Table III But Differs in Detail)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: Between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 x 16 inches (54.6 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Human Skeleton, Posterior View (Right Arm Outstretched; finished study for an unpublished table)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches (44.8 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Human Skeleton, Lateral View (in Crawling Posture; finished study for an unpublished table)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 17 5/8 inches (28 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Dog [A Foxhound on the Scent]

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Soft ground etching with roulette work
Dimensions:: Plate: 3 3/4 x 4 1/8in. (9.5 x 10.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with roulette work, third state
Dimensions:: Plate: 9 7/8 x 13 inches (25.1 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Tygers at Play

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, possibly finished with a graver, second state
Dimensions:: Image: 13 9/16 x 18 1/4in. (34.5 x 46.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper; squared in graphite for transfer
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/8 inches (30.5 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished Study for Table IV)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper lined with Japanese paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches (40 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished Study for Table V)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 x 16 inches (54.6 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Human Figure, Posterior View, Undissected (Finished Study for Table VII)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 inches (54 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Dorking Hen, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Red and black chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 inches (26.7 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Study of a Racehorse in Action: Galloping to Left, a Semi-Anatomical Study, with Skin Flayed to Show Action of Muscles

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches (17.1 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. A Sleeping Leopard

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 13 3/4 inches (25.4 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 19 inches (37.5 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Hay-Makers

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, second state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 11/16 x 21 13/16in. (42.4 x 55.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with roulette and rocker work, first state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 27 3/8in. (52 x 69.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Lion [A recumbent Lion]

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Soft ground etching with roulette work, third state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 x 8 7/8in. (17.7 x 22.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A Tyger (Sleeping Leopard)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, second state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8 inches (15.2 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A Lion [A Lion resting on a Rock]

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with roulette work, first state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12 1/4in. (22.9 x 31.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 1/2 inches (24.8 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. A Prancing Horse, Facing Right

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (22.5 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Human Skeleton, Anterior View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with strips of heavy wove paper joined to top and bottom edges; burnished on verso
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 14 1/8 inches (49.5 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Tiger Body, Lateral View (Finished Drawing for Unpublished Table; Shows the Third Stage in Dissection)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 21 1/4 inches (40.6 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Leopard Body, Lateral View (First of Five Studies of Another Large Cat)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (25.1 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Dorking Hen Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished study for an unpublished table)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 3/4 inches (27.9 x 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Owl Standing, Anterior View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (39.4 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. [Shooting] The Spanish Pointer

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and etching, first state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 22 1/8in. (44.4 x 56.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Shooting, Plate II

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving with etching, fifth state
Dimensions:: Image: 15 1/2 x 20 13/16in. (39.4 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Shooting, Plate III

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving with etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 21 15/16in. (44.4 x 55.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Spanish Pointer

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and etching , third state
Dimensions:: Image: 15 3/8 x 20 7/8in. (39 x 53.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. 'Dungannon'

Creator:: George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple with etching, first state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 21 1/8in. (40.3 x 53.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. 'Baronet'

Creator:: George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored stipple with etching, second state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 13/16 x 19 3/4in. (40.1 x 50.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. 'Mambrino'

Creator:: George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple, second state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 x 20 1/16in. (41.2 x 51cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. 'Protector'

Creator:: George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple with etching, first state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 19 5/8in. (40 x 49.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. 'Sweetbrier'

Creator:: George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple with etching, second state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 x 20 1/16in. (40.5 x 50.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Shooting, Plate IV

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving with etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 21 15/16in. (44.4 x 55.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Warren Hastings on his Arabian Horse

Creator:: George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor; extensive retouching of design on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper; previously all over mounted to canvas and wood strainer with black and gold residual accretion around edges from eglomise glass
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 x 19 1/4 inches (61 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. 'Pumpkin'

Creator:: George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple with etching, first state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 x 19 3/4in. (40.5 x 50.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. A Tigress

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 23 inches (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Shooting, Plate I

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and etching, fifth published state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 21 3/4in. (44.5 x 55.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Brood-Mares

Creator:: Benjamin Green, ca. 1736–ca. 1800
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, third state
Dimensions:: Image: 16 1/4 x 21 11/16in. (41.3 x 55.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Eclipse

Creator:: Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, third state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 22 1/4in. (46 x 56.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. A Tiger

Creator:: John Murphy, ca. 1748–1820
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, first state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/8 x 24 3/16in. (48.5 x 61.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Human Skeleton, Anterior View (Finished Study for Table I)

2. Human Skeleton, Posterior View (Finished Study for Table II)

3. Human Figure, Lateral View, Undissected (Finished Study for Table VIII)

4. Tiger, Lateral View, with Skin and Tissue Removed (Finished Study for Table IX)

5. Human Figure, Anterior View, Skin and Underlying Fascial Layers Removed (Finished Study for Table XI)

6. Human Figure, Posterior View, Partially Dissected (Finished Study for Table XII)

7. Human Figure, Lateral View, after Removal of the Skin and the Underlying Fascial Layers (Finished Study for Table XIII)

8. Tiger, Lateral View, with the Connective Tissue Overlying the Muscles Removed (Finished Study for Table XIV)

9. Fowl, Lateral View, with Skin and Underlying Fascial Layers Removed (Finished Study for Table XV)

10. Human Figure, Lateral View (For the key figure to Table XIII)

11. Human Skeleton, Lateral View (Close to the Final Study for Table III But Differs in Detail)

12. Human Skeleton, Posterior View (Right Arm Outstretched; finished study for an unpublished table)

13. Human Skeleton, Lateral View (in Crawling Posture; finished study for an unpublished table)

14. Dog [A Foxhound on the Scent]

15. A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

16. Tygers at Play

17. Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel

18. Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished Study for Table IV)

19. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished Study for Table V)

20. Human Figure, Posterior View, Undissected (Finished Study for Table VII)

21. Dorking Hen, Lateral View

22. Study of a Racehorse in Action: Galloping to Left, a Semi-Anatomical Study, with Skin Flayed to Show Action of Muscles

23. A Sleeping Leopard

24. A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

25. Hay-Makers

26. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

27. A Lion [A recumbent Lion]

28. A Tyger (Sleeping Leopard)

29. A Lion [A Lion resting on a Rock]

30. A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard

31. A Prancing Horse, Facing Right

32. Human Skeleton, Anterior View

33. Tiger Body, Lateral View (Finished Drawing for Unpublished Table; Shows the Third Stage in Dissection)

34. Leopard Body, Lateral View (First of Five Studies of Another Large Cat)

35. Dorking Hen Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished study for an unpublished table)

36. Owl Standing, Anterior View

37. [Shooting] The Spanish Pointer

38. Shooting, Plate II

39. Shooting, Plate III

40. The Spanish Pointer

41. 'Dungannon'

42. 'Baronet'

43. 'Mambrino'

44. 'Protector'

45. 'Sweetbrier'

46. Shooting, Plate IV

47. Warren Hastings on his Arabian Horse

48. 'Pumpkin'

49. A Tigress

50. Shooting, Plate I

51. Brood-Mares

52. Eclipse

53. A Tiger