Conformation and the Parade Ring · The Conformation
Warren Hastings on his Arabian Horse
George Townly Stubbs, c. 1796 · graphite and watercolour
What it is
Warren Hastings sits his bay Arabian on a rise above a lake, in George Townly Stubbs’s graphite and watercolour of about 1796.
Why it matters
Hastings governed Bengal from 1772 to 1785; the son of George Stubbs drew him home in England, with the horse as much the subject as the man.
What to notice
The Arabian’s fine head and high tail carriage set it apart from the English hunters in the rest of the stable.
A long career, at rest in the saddle.
Provenance
- Maker
- George Townly Stubbs, c. 1796
- Era
- The Georgian Turf (1750–1837)
- Chapter
- The Yard Wakes
- Medium
- graphite and watercolour
- Made
- 1796
- Figure
- Warren Hastings
- Source
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection · via Wikimedia Commons
Publicity
Clear — the historic British turf (the Victorian jockeys, the Vanity Fair subjects): a long-deceased figure with no post-mortem right of publicity in play. Sold as history, freely and openly.
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=1815. The maker died in 1815.
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 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
More from the Stable Wall
Elsewhere in the family
- The Links — the other morning religion.
- Painted Lineage — the bloodline, beside the family line.
- Painted Earth — home ground as a period map.