European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Laborers Loading a Brick Cart Made in Great Britain, Europe1767 George Stubbs, English, 1724 - 1806 Oil on canvas * Gallery 280, European Art 1500-1850, second floor 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.Social Tags [?]cart [x] dog [x] harness [x] horse [x] landscape [x] village [x] [Add Your Own Tags]* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
