Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse

12 Mar 2026 – 31 May 2026

Exhibition

National Gallery

London

12 Mar 2026 – 31 May 2026

Documented entries: 1
Documented artists: 1

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About this exhibition

About the exhibition

This National Gallery exhibition focused on George Stubbs’s life-size portrait of Scrub, a racehorse belonging to the Marquess of Rockingham. The painting was shown with other works that illuminate Stubbs’s observation of equine anatomy. Scrub remains a documentary painting entry here. Whistlejacket was nearby in the collection and is not asserted to belong to the temporary exhibition.

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George Stubbs
Scrub, a bay horse belonging to the Marquess of Rockingham
about 1762

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1 artists

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George Stubbs
exhibiting artist

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Museum-selected named paintings; selected object creation dates through 1989

museum-all-years-exhibitions-20261027/delivery-001 · Record https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/past/stubbs-portrait-of-a-horseChecked 2026-10-27

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About the exhibition

Works & records

Scrub, a bay horse belonging to the Marquess of Rockingham

Artists & people

George Stubbs

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