William Anderson with Two Saddle-horses
After George Stubbs, 1793.
Oil on canvas, 65 x 42 inches.
Private collection, Paoli, Pennsylvania.

George Stubbs was classified in his lifetime as a sporting painter. Having studied anatomy, Stubbs's pictures of horses are among the most accurate ever painted, but his work is lyrical and transcends naturalism. Early clients for his sporting and racing paintings included many of the noblemen who founded the Jockey Club. Like Gainsborough, he later painted scenes of peasant life, as well as studies of wild and exotic animals.