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Creator
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
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Date
1795
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl
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Period
18th century-19th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
121
graphite
117
red chalk
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pen
22
iron gall ink
20
black chalk
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Japanese paper
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laid paper
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soft-ground etching
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squaring (transferring technique)
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brown ink
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figure study
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anatomical study
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anatomical study
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anatomy
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figure study
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skeleton
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man
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study (visual work)
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side
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tiger
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tigers
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tail (hanging)
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nude
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bird
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Fowls
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front
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running
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back
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cat (domestic cat)
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animal
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ribs, groin
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spine
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Exhibition History
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05)
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George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Tate Britain, 1984-10-17 - 1985-01-06)
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George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-02-13 - 1985-04-07)
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George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15)
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
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Fearful of Symmetry: The Art of George Stubbs, painter of the Enlightenment (Hall & Knight Ltd., 2000-01-20 - 2000-02-28)
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An Introduction to George Stubbs (MK Gallery, 2019-10-11 - 2020-01-26)
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An Introduction to George Stubbs (National Horse Racing Museum, 2019-06-27 - 2019-09-29)
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William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-02-14 - 2019-05-20)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Fierce Friends - Artists & Animals in the Industrial Era, 1750-1920 (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2006-03-25 - 2006-08-27)
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Fierce Friends - Artists & Animals in the Industrial Era, 1750-1920 (Van Gogh Museum, 2005-10-05 - 2006-02-05)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment (Harvard Art Museums, 2022-09-15 - 2023-01-16)
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Spectacular Bodies: The Art and Science of the Human Body (Arts Council Collection, 2000-10-19 - 2001-01-14)
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The Ingenious Machine of Nature - Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy (National Gallery of Canada, 1996-10-31 - )
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The Ingenious Machine of Nature - Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1997 - 1997)
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Anterior View (Intended for a Plate That was Never Published)
1795 to 1806
2
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Study of the Human Figure, Anterior View (Probably related to Table XI)
1795 to 1806
3
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Leopard Body, Lateral View (First of Five Studies of Another Large Cat)
1795 to 1806
4
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Leopard Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
5
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Leopard Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
6
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Leopard Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
7
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Leopard Body, Lateral View (Later stage in dissection, superficial connective tissue and ears removed)
1795 to 1806
8
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View (Outline drawing for a key figure)
1795 to 1806
9
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Probably Basic Study of the Proportions of the Fowl Skeleton Used for Other Drawings)
1795 to 1806
10
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Standing in Human Posture
1795 to 1806
11
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
12
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
13
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Body, Lateral View (Study for key figure to Table X)
1795 to 1806
14
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Body, Lateral View (Outline drawing, related to Table XV)
1795 to 1806
15
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Body, Lateral View (Probably Prepared for Transfer to the Plate for Engraving the Key Figure to Table X)
1795 to 1806
16
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Head and Neck, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
17
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Anterior View (Outline drawing)
1795 to 1806
18
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Lateral View, after Removal of the Skin and the Underlying Fascial Layers (Finished Study for Table XIII)
between 1795 and 1806
19
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Dorking Hen Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished study for an unpublished table)
1795 to 1806
20
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Anterior View (Finished Study for Table I)
1795 to 1806
21
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Posterior View (Finished Study for Table II)
1795 to 1806
22
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished Study for Table V)
between 1795 and 1806
23
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Anterior View, Undissected (Finished Study for Table VI)
1795 to 1806
24
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Anterior View, Skin and Underlying Fascial Layers Removed (Finished Study for Table XI)
1795 to 1806
25
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Anterior View
1795 to 1806
26
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Anterior View
1795 to 1806
27
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Anterior View (Outline figure)
1795 to 1806
28
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Posterior View (Almost Identical to Finished Drawing for Table XII)
1795 to 1806
29
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Anterior View
1795 to 1806
30
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Body, Posterior View (Outline Drawing for Table VII)
1795 to 1806
31
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Anterior View (Final study)
1795 to 1806
32
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
33
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Posterior View (Perhaps the first of the studies of the skeleton)
1795 to 1806
34
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
35
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
36
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Study for the key figure to Table V)
1795 to 1806
37
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Body, Lateral View (Highly Finished Study for an Unpublished Table; Shows the Last Stage in Dissection)
between 1795 and 1806
38
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Posterior View, Undissected (Finished Study for Table VII)
1795 to 1806
39
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View Seen from the Left, Running (Finished Study for Table III)
1795 to 1806
40
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished Study for Table IV)
between 1795 and 1806
41
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger, Lateral View, with Skin and Tissue Removed (Finished Study for Table IX)
between 1795 and 1806
42
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl, Lateral View with Most Feathers Removed (Finished Study for Table X)
between 1795 and 1806
43
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Posterior View, Partially Dissected (Finished Study for Table XII)
1795 to 1806
44
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger, Lateral View, with the Connective Tissue Overlying the Muscles Removed (Finished Study for Table XIV)
1795 to 1806
45
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Posterior View
1795 to 1806
46
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
47
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
48
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
49
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
50
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Study of the Human Figure, Anterior View (Outline Drawing for Table VI)
1795 to 1806
51
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Anterior View (Largely in outline)
1795 to 1806
52
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Posterior View (Outline Drawing for Key Figure to Table XII)
1795 to 1806
53
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Posterior View (Outline drawing for key figure to Table XII)
1795 to 1806
54
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Posterior View (Finished Study for an Unpublished Plate)
1795 to 1806
55
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Posterior View (Further Study for Table XII)
1795 to 1806
56
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Posterior View (Outline drawing for the key figure of an unpublished plate)
1795 to 1806
57
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Lateral View (Finished study for an unpublished table, representing the last stage in the dissection)
between 1795 and 1806
58
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View (Study for a key figure to an unpublished table showing the abdominal viscera)
1795 to 1806
59
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Lateral View (Prepared for transfer to the plate of the key figure to Table XIII)
1795 to 1806
60
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
61
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View (Outline of the skeleton for the key figure to Table III)
1795 to 1806
62
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
63
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
64
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View (May have been initially prepared for use as a key figure to Table III but later abandoned)
1795 to 1806
65
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Anterior View (Right Arm Outstretched; finished study for unpublished table)
1795 to 1806
66
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
67
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Anterior View
1795 to 1806
68
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
69
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
70
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Posterior View
1795 to 1806
71
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View (in Crawling Posture; finished study for an unpublished table)
1795 to 1806
72
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View (in Crouching Posture; finished study for an unpublished table)
1795 to 1806
73
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
74
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
75
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
76
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
77
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Posterior View (Right Arm Outstretched; finished study for an unpublished table)
1795 to 1806
78
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View (Highly finished study for Table IV)
1795 to 1806
79
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View (Study for the key figure to Table IV)
1795 to 1806
80
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
81
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View (First of nine drawings of another specimen of tiger)
1795 to 1806
82
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger, Recumbent, Viewed Ventrally
1795 to 1806
83
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Outline drawing)
1795 to 1806
84
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
85
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Dorking Hen Skeleton, Lateral View (Probably prepared for an unpublished key figure)
1795 to 1806
86
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Fowl Body, Lateral View (Study for the Key Figure to Table XV)
1795 to 1806
87
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Dorking Hen, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
88
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Dorking Hen Body, Lateral View (Outline drawing of the muscles)
1795 to 1806
89
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Dorking Hen Body, Lateral View (Study of the muscles of the body and limbs at a later stage of dissection)
1795 to 1806
90
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Owl Standing, Anterior View
1795 to 1806
91
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Anterior View (Finished Study of Final Stage of Dissection)
1795 to 1806
92
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Posterior View (Outline drawing for a key figure showing the final stage of dissection)
1795 to 1806
93
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Posterior View (Relates to Table II)
1795 to 1806
94
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Posterior View
1795 to 1806
95
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Lateral View (For the key figure to Table XIII)
1795 to 1806
96
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Lateral View (Outline Study in Reverse of Table VIII)
1795 to 1806
97
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
98
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Figure, Lateral View (Related to Table XIII, detailed study of the blood vessels supplying the muscles)
1795 to 1806
99
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View (Close to the Final Study for Table III But Differs in Detail)
Between 1795 and 1806
100
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Human Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
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