LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and wax on millboard

Measurements:

21.02 in. (53.40 cm.) (height) by 27.01 in. (68.60 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Southampton, City Art Gallery, 1947 (lent by Odo Cross);. Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, George Stubbs, 1951, no. 6 (lent by Odo Cross

Literature:

B. Taylor,. Painting in England 1700-1850. Collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon , exh. cat., Richmond 1963, p. 175, under entry for cat. no. 335 ('There is also attributed to Stubbs what may be an oil sketch for the present picture - coll. Odo Cross');. B. Taylor, 'George Stubbs: 'The Lion and Horse' Theme', in The Burlington Magazine , vol. CVII, no. 743, February 1965, pp. 81 and 86, appendix no. 2 (where the medium and size are given incorrectly as oil on canvas, 8 x 12 in.) . ENGRAVED . By George Stubbs in soft ground etching with roulette work, published 1 May 1788

Provenance:

Probably Stubbs' studio sale ('Original Paintings, the Property and Performance of that Ingenious and Celebrated British Artist, George Stubbs, Esq, Dec.'), on the premises, Peter Coxe, 26 May 1807, lot 69 ('Lion devouring a Horse - a most spirited Picture') for 17 guineas, probably to Isabella Saltonstall;. Paul Odo Cross and Angus Wilson, Tidcombe Manor, Wiltshire, by 1947; . Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 22 November 1968, lot 26, for 900 guineas to Woods (as George Stubbs, A.R.A.); . Sarah Phelps; . Clare Moore and Amanda Cadle; . Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; . By whom de-accessioned ('The Property of Everson Museum of Art sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund'), London, Christie's, 17 November 1989, lot 97 (as circle of George Stubbs); . Where acquired by the present owner