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The Lion and Stag
Details
GEORGE STUBBS (LIVERPOOL 1724-1806 LONDON)
The Lion and Stag
enamel on copper oval
5 ¾ x 6 ½ in. (14.6 x 16.5 cm.)
The Lion and Stag
enamel on copper oval
5 ¾ x 6 ½ in. (14.6 x 16.5 cm.)
Provenance
George Stubbs (1724-1806), London; his sale, Peter Coxe, London, 26 May 1807, lot 47, for £1.13.0.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 November 1996, lot 48.
with Spink-Leger Pictures, London, by 2000, from whom acquired by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 November 1996, lot 48.
with Spink-Leger Pictures, London, by 2000, from whom acquired by the present owner.
Literature
B. Taylor, ‘Josiah Wedgwood and George Stubbs’, Proceedings of the Wedgwood Society, no. 4, London, 1961, p. 224, as untraced.
B. Tattersall, Stubbs & Wedgwood: A unique alliance between Artist and Potter, exhibition catalogue, London, 1974, p. 110, as untraced.
C. Lennox-Boyd, George Stubbs: The Complete Engraved Works, London, 1989, pp. 102-103, as untraced.
J. Egerton, George Stubbs, Painter: Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 300, no. 115.
B. Tattersall, Stubbs & Wedgwood: A unique alliance between Artist and Potter, exhibition catalogue, London, 1974, p. 110, as untraced.
C. Lennox-Boyd, George Stubbs: The Complete Engraved Works, London, 1989, pp. 102-103, as untraced.
J. Egerton, George Stubbs, Painter: Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 300, no. 115.
Exhibited
New York, Hall & Knight Ltd., Fearful Symmetry: George Stubbs – Painter of the English Enlightenment, 21 January-28 February 2000, pp. 64-65, no. 4.
Brought to you by
Nathalie Ferneau
Head of Sale, Junior Specialist