Pumpkin

by George Stubbs, George Townly Stubbs

$2,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A compelling portrait of the celebrated racehorse Pumpkin by George Stubbs, one of the greatest English painters. George Stubbs is considered to be one of the greatest English painters. His ingenious animal and sporting pictures remain unrivalled in their passionate depiction of emotion and their commitment to naturalistic observation. Stubbs was briefly apprenticed to the painter Hamlet Winstanley, a relationship that quickly ended, leaving the young artist to his own

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