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Baronet with Sam Chifney Up

Type
Paintings(Opens in new tab)
Date
1791
Accession number
58.8
Maker
George Stubbs(Opens in new tab) (British, 1724–1806)
Sitter
Samuel Chifney(Opens in new tab) (British, 1753–1807)
Dimensions
canvas: 37 3/4 × 50 in. (95.9 × 127 cm.) frame: 45 3/4 × 58 1/2 × 4 in. (116.2 × 148.6 × 10.2 cm.)
Medium
oil on canvas
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Dr. Charles H. Strub
Department
European Art
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George Stubbs recorded the riding style for which Sam Chifney was well known, seated far back in the saddle with a relaxed rein and inactive whip. He is seen here on the Prince of Wales’ horse, Baronet, who was most famous for his 1791 victory in the Oatland Stakes, when he defeated eighteen other horses against 20-1 odds. Stubbs made this painting as the first in a series called the Turf Review, which was conceived as a monumental pictorial record of English racing history.

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