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A Grey Hunter with a Groom and a Greyhound at Creswell Crags
Purchased 1895
adults
animals: mammals
bank
cliff
Cresswell Crags
Derbyshire
dog, greyhound
England
England, Midlands
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groom
horse
landscape
man
people
places
river
rocky
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<p>The landscape setting is Creswell Crags, Nottinghamshire, which Stubbs also used as the background for many of his more dramatic horse and lion subjects. The grey hack here presumably belonged to a nobleman or gentleman. Its stocky build and short legs made it ideally suited for hare coursing, following the greyhound over the rocky moorland.</p><p>Between the two animals stands a man dressed in livery, either a groom or hunt servant. The subtle linear rhythms of the horse, groom and greyhound give a sense of movement to the living creatures that is contrasted with the solidity of the looming crags.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
10 March 2003 – 28 June 2004
2004-06-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-03-10
Stubbs
Collection based display
14 November 2004 – 25 September 2005
2005-09-25
14 November 2004 – 6 February 2005
2005-02-06
2004-11-14
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
13 March 2005 – 29 May 2005
2005-05-29
2005-03-13
Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, USA)
http://www.thewalters.org
29 June 2005 – 25 September 2005
2005-09-25
2005-06-29
National Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
2004-11-14
Stubbs and the Horse
Loan-out
1 April 2006 – 31 May 2007
2007-05-31
1 April 2006 – 31 August 2006
2006-08-31
2006-04-01
Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
21 August 2006 – 14 January 2007
2007-01-14
2006-08-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
14 February 2007 – 27 May 2007
2007-05-27
2007-02-14
Frick Collection (New York, USA)
http://www.frick.org
2006-04-01
George Stubbs Bicentenary Exhibition
Loan-out
1 September 2006 – 15 January 2007
2007-01-15
1 April 2006 – 31 August 2006
2006-08-31
2006-04-01
Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
1 September 2006 – 31 January 2007
2007-01-31
2006-09-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
1 February 2007 – 31 May 2007
2007-05-31
2007-02-01
Frick Collection (New York, USA)
http://www.frick.org
2006-09-01
Stubbs Bicentenary Exhibition
Exhibition
1 August 2008 – 31 December 2008
2008-12-31
1 August 2008 – 31 December 2008
2008-12-31
2008-08-01
The Harley Gallery (Welbeck, UK)
2008-08-01
Stubbs' paintings of Creswell Crags
Loan-out
19 May 2012 – 13 January 2013
2013-01-13
19 May 2012 – 23 September 2012
2012-09-23
2012-05-19
Tate St Ives (St Ives, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/stives/
6 October 2012 – 13 January 2013
2013-01-13
2012-10-06
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2012-05-19
Alex Katz Collection Display
Collection based display
1 October 2012 – 31 January 2013
2013-01-31
14 January 2013 – 20 January 2013
2013-01-20
2013-01-14
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2012-10-01
Alex Katz: Give me tomorrow
Loan-out
11 September 2019 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
11 September 2019 – 16 February 2020
2020-02-16
2019-09-11
Musée du Luxembourg (Paris, France)
29 February 2020 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
2020-02-29
External
2019-09-11
Gainsborough to Turner: The Golden Age of English Painting
Loan-out
24 June 2024
24 June 2024
2024-06-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2024-06-24
Stubbs and the Horse
Collection based display
A Grey Hunter with a Groom and a Greyhound at Creswell Crags
support: 445 × 679 mm
frame: 620 × 855 × 110 mm
Purchased 1895
<p>The grey horse in this picture presumably belongs to a nobleman or gentleman. Its stocky
build and short legs make it ideally suited to follow the greyhound in pursuit of the hare over the rocky moorland terrain. The man's costume of dark blue coat with red collar and red buttonholes suggests that he is a groom on duty, wearing the livery
of a servant of some now unidentified owner. The animals are depicted in typically lively manner, the greyhound's natural curiosity engaging the horse's attention in a sort of animal '<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/conversation-piece" title="Glossary definition for 'Conversation piece'"><span>conversation piece</span></a>'. </p><p>The setting is Creswell Crags,
Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire border where, it has been suggested, Stubbs witnessed the scene depicted here (Egerton p.103). Stubbs also used Creswell Crags for the background in many of his horse and lion subjects, including the pair which was probably exhibited in 1763,
<em>Horse Frightened by a Lion</em> (Tate Gallery <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/T06869" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'T06869');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>T06869</span></a>) and <em>Horse Devoured by a Lion</em> (Tate Gallery <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/T02058" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'T02058');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>T02058</span></a>), and in other <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> of the 1760s. </p><p>This was the first of
Stubbs's paintings to enter a public collection. Bought for the National Gallery in 1895, it was transferred to the Tate Gallery <em>c</em>.1898. In 1955 the National Gallery reclaimed it, but it was re-transferred to the Tate in 1961. A virtually
identical replica is in a private collection.</p><p><strong>Further reading:</strong><br/>Judy Egerton, <em>George Stubbs 1724-1806</em>, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1984, reprinted 1996, p.103, reproduced in colour</p><p>Terry Riggs<br/>December
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<span class="text15">The <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> setting is Creswell Crags, </span><span class="text14">Nottinghamshire, which Stubbs also used</span><span class="text15"> as the background for many of his more </span><span class="text14">dramatic horse and lion subjects. The grey</span><span class="text15"> </span><span class="text0">hack here presumably belonged to a </span><span class="text14">nobleman or gentleman. Its stocky build</span><span class="text15"> and short legs made it ideally suited for hare coursing,      following the greyhound </span><span class="text0">over the rocky moorland.</span><span class="text15">
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adults animals: mammals bank cliff Cresswell Crags Derbyshire dog, greyhound England England, Midlands equestrian and sporting groom horse landscape man people places river rocky UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features water: inland work and occupations