His son, and pupil, Francis Sartorius (1734-1804) was also a notable horse painter.

George Stubbs born in 1724 became so associated with his equestrian subjects that he was known as "the horse painter".

Degas was one of the first horse painters to use photographic references.

John Stubbs, the horse painter, dissected - partly and deeply - many living things including a tiger (the wall label is necessary to identify this one).

This English artist aimed for a reputation as a serious "history" painter but was always labeled a "horse painter."

Houbraken considered Stoop to be a good horse painter.

Stubbs, who lived from 1724-1806, was dismissed as just a horse painter until Mellon began to collect his work in the 1950's.

One of the finest horse painters ever, Stubbs knew his subjects from head to hoof and skin to bones.

Stubbs seems destined to have become a horse painter.

There is nothing in Stubbs's background that would have predicted that he would be Britain's first great horse painter.