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Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Title:
Brown and White Norfolk or Water Spaniel
Former Title(s):
Ditto [Portrait] of a dog. [1778, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:
31 3/4 x 38 1/4 inches (80.6 x 97.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Signed and dated, lower right: "Geo: Stubbs p | 1778"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.10
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
animal | animal art | clouds | dog (animal) | flowers (plants) | river | Spaniel | trees | willow tree
Access:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21162
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The Norfolk Spaniel, which no longer exists as a pure breed, was used by sportsmen to spring and retrieve game from water. George Stubbs presents the animal as the slightly melancholy hero of its own watery world, looming like a giant over riverbanks, water plants, and weeping willow.

Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016-present
The Norfolk Spaniel, which no longer exists as a pure breed, was used by sportsmen to spring and retrieve game from water. Stubbs presents the animal as the slightly melancholy hero of its own watery world, looming like a giant over riverbanks, water plants, and weeping willow.

Malcolm Warner

Warner, Malcolm and John Baskett. The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime. New Haven : Yale Center for British Art, 2001, p. 53

Best in Show - The Dog in Art from Renaissance to Post-Modern (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2006-10-01 - 2007-01-01) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Best in Show - The Dog in Art from Renaissance to Post-Modern (Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, 2006-05-13 - 2006-08-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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]

Stubbs - An Exhibition in Honor of Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1985-04-11 - 1985-05-04) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-02-13 - 1985-04-07) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Tate Britain, 1984-10-17 - 1985-01-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Edgar Peters Bowron, Best in Show, The Dog in Art from the Renaissance to today , Yale University Press, New Haven, 2006, cover, pp. 47, 148, fig. 34, N7668.D6 B48 2006 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

Malcolm Cormack, George Stubbs in the collection of Paul Mellon : A memorial exhibition, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1999, p. 75, no. 56, NJ18 St915 G54 1999 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Susan Dunne, Nicola Hicks finds expressive matches, Hartford Courant, Hartford, December 8, 2013, p. G6, Available online : Orbis and Proquest Digital Microfilm [ORBIS]

Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, p. 91, no. 88, Pl. 33, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

Judy Egerton, George Stubbs, 1724-1806, [exhibition] Tate Gallery. , Tate Publishing, London, 1984, p. 140, no. 101, NJ18 St915 E43 (YCBA) + [YCBA]

Judy Egerton, George Stubbs, painter : catalogue raisonne, , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2007, pp. 58, 399, no. 194, NJ18 St915 A12 +E44 2007 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Robert Fountain, Stubbs' dogs, the hounds and domestic dogs of the eighteenth century as seen through the paintings of George Stubbs , Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., London, 1984, pp. 56, 88, no. 23, fig. 30, NJ18 St915 A12 (YCBA) + [YCBA]

George Stubbs, 1724-1806, an exhibition held from 13th July to 25th August at the Walker Art Gallery, 1951. , Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1951, p. 19, no. 43, NJ18 St915 A12 1951 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 171 (v.1), no. 326, pl. 173, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 77 (v.1), no. 271, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Constance-Anne Parker, Mr. Stubbs, the Horse Painter, J. A. Allen, London, 1971, pp. 94, 97, NJ18 St915 +P37 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. 1, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

Stubbs, an exhibition in honor of Paul Mellon : National Gallery of Art, 4 May-2 June 1985. , National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985, no. 20, V 0413 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 53, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Whitechapel Art Gallery, George Stubbs, 1724-1806., Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings, drawings and engravings held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, from 27th February--7th April, 1957. , London, 1957, p. 20, no. 39, NJ18 St915 T36 1957 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Yale University Art Gallery, Painting in England, 1700-1850, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon : [exhibition at] Yale University Art Gallery, April 15-June 20, 1965, , vol. 1, W. Clowes and sons, New Haven, 1965, p. 49 (v.1), no. 183, ND466 Y35 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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