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Creator:
William H. Craft, active 1774–1805
Title:

George Stubbs

Former Title(s):

Portrait of George Stubbs, A.R.A.

Date:
1775
Medium:
Enamel on copper
Dimensions:
6 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (17.1 x 14.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed illegibly on verso

Signed and dated, under mat?: "Wm. Craft./Fect 1779 b.c.r."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.72
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Link to Frame:
B2001.2.72FR
Subject Terms:
artist | coat | costume | enamel | man | oval | portrait
Associated People:
Stubbs, George (1724–1806), painter, engraver, and anatomist
Access:
Not on view
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21489
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William H. Craft was an enamel painter and decorator employed at the Battersea enamel works in London. He was prolific, and exhibited numerous enamels at the Royal Academy in the years 1774-81, producing also painted portraits in enamel, clock faces, landscapes, and history subjects. Stubbs may have met Craft through Josiah Wedgwood, for whom both artists worked.

Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2005

The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, p. 65, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 3, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

Basil Taylor, The Sale Room, Apollo, v. 81, no. 39, May 1965, Supp. pp. 3-4, N1 A54 + (YCBA) [YCBA]

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 80, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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