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Conformation and the Parade Ring · The Conformation
Horse Frightened by a Lion
George Stubbs, c. 1762–1768 · oil on canvas
What it is
A cream horse recoils on a rocky slope as a lion emerges from the dark at the left, one of George Stubbs’s lion-and-horse subjects, oil on canvas, 1762 to 1768.
Why it matters
Stubbs returned to this encounter for years; the series let him paint the horse’s anatomy under the strain of pure fear.
What to notice
Look at the hind legs gathered under the body and the mane thrown forward as the head twists away.
The instant before flight.
Provenance
- Maker
- George Stubbs, c. 1762–1768
- Era
- The Georgian Turf (1750–1837)
- Chapter
- The Yard Wakes
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Made
- 1768
- Source
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. Wikimedia Commons licence tag, read 2026-11-01: PD-Art|PD-old-100-1923|deathyear=1806. The maker died in 1806. Year for the gate, from the record: between 1762 and 1768; latest year used.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 27x41" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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- The Links — the other morning religion.
- Painted Lineage — the bloodline, beside the family line.
- Painted Earth — home ground as a period map.