Josiah Wedgwood Esquire

by George Stubbs, George Townly Stubbs

$850 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A wonderful portrait of the famous potter, Josiah Wedgwood by the master painter George Stubbs. 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 pursue his own education. In

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