Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British
Title:
Human Skeleton, Lateral View (in Crouching Posture; finished study for an unpublished table)
Date:
1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 5/8 x 11 inches (44.8 x 27.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1980.1.65
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
anatomical study | skeleton | ribs, groin | side | anatomy | man | nude | study (visual work) | figure study
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
An Introduction to George Stubbs (MK Gallery, 2019-10-11 - 2020-01-26)

An Introduction to George Stubbs (National Horse Racing Museum, 2019-06-27 - 2019-09-29)

Paul Mellon - A Cambridge Tribute (The Fitzwilliam Museum, 2007-06-12 - 2007-09-23)

Fierce Friends - Artists & Animals in the Industrial Era, 1750-1920 (Van Gogh Museum, 2005-10-05 - 2006-02-05)

Spectacular Bodies: The Art and Science of the Human Body (Arts Council Collection, 2000-10-19 - 2001-01-14)

George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05)

George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Tate Britain, 1984-10-17 - 1985-01-06)

George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-02-13 - 1985-04-07)
Publications:
Ron Broglio, Beasts of Burden : Biopolitics, Labor, and Animal Life in British Romanticism, Albany, 2017, p. 85, fig. 5.5, PR468 A56 B74 2017 (YCBA)

Judy Egerton, George Stubbs, 1724-1806, [exhibition] Tate Gallery. , Tate Publishing, London, 1984, p. 198, no. 150, NJ18 St915 E43 (YCBA) +

George Stubbs, George Stubbs : 'All Done from Nature', London, p. 196, cat. 47.3, NJ18.St915 A12 2019 (LC) Oversize
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:19774