George Stubbs
A bay hunter with two playful spaniels
177759.7 x 71.1 cm
Oil on mahogany panel
Signed and dated, lower centre: Geo: Stubbs pinxit / 1777
Sale Christie's, London, 6 December 2018
Provenance
Commissioned by Charles Vere Dashwood (born 1745), Stanford Hall, Nottinghamshire, and by descent to the following,
General Dashwood
sale Christie's, London, 29 July 1949, nr. 99 (240 gns. to Bernard)
sold by Bernard into a private collection, 1951, until the following sale
anonymous sale (Property of a Lady), Sotheby's, London, 17 June 1970, nr. 105 (£5,500 to Drysdale)
purchased privately by the current owner circa 1995
sale Christie's, London, 6 December 2018, nr. 37
Other works by George Stubbs
Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath
Reapers
1785
1785
Bay Hunter by a Lake
1787
1787
Cheetah and Stag with Two Indians
c.1765
c.1765
Horse Frightened by a Lion
?exhibited 1763
?exhibited 1763