Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British

after George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British
Title:
Labourers
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, stipple engraving, roulette and rocker on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 28 inches (54 x 71.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered lower center: "LABOURERS. | Painted, Engraved, & Published by GEO Stubbs, 1 Jany. 1789 No24, Somerset Street, Portman Sq. London"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1985.36.1099
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
horse (animal) | dog (animal) | men | laborers | forest | houses | trees | genre subject | cart | wagon | hats | cottage
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)

Stubbs & The Horse (Kimbell Art Museum, 2004-11-14 - 2005-02-06)

Stubbs & The Horse (The Walters Art Museum, 2005-03-05 - 2005-05-20)

Stubbs & The Horse (The National Gallery, London, 2005-06-29 - 2005-09-25)

George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05)
Publications:
Dudley Snelgrove, British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874: A Catalogue, The Paul Mellon Collection , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1981, NE960.3 G7 B75 + Oversize (Mellon Shelf) (YCBA)

Stella A. Walker, Sporting art : England 1700-1900, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, 1972, no. 96, N8250 W35 (YCBA) +

Malcolm Warner, Stubbs and the Horse, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2004, pp. 96, 97, 204, cat. no. 71, fig. 94, NJ18 .St915 W37 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21002