European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Laborers Loading a Brick Cart 1767 George Stubbs, English, 1724 - 1806 Oil on canvas Currently not on view M1928-1-40 The John Howard McFadden Collection, 1928 |
LabelEnglish aristocrat George Byng, fourth Viscount Torrington, was said to have commissioned a painting of this subject because the sight of working men reminded him of Dutch genre paintings. The laborers posed with a little cart drawn by Lord Torrington's favorite horse, the first he ever rode, who seems to be the real subject of the painting. |
