Curator's introduction to Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse

Meet George Stubbs, Britain’s visionary painter of equine art in ‘Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse’ at this online event.

This exhibition celebrates Stubbs’s groundbreaking study of horse anatomy and his monumental painting of Scrub, a rearing racehorse captured with unmatched accuracy and character.

Exhibition curator Mary McMahon introduces the key themes and paintings at this early-access Members’ event in the days leading up to the exhibition opening.

Learn how Stubbs devoted himself to understanding horse anatomy, and how this transformed his work and the spirit of equine art ever since, with a chance to ask questions at the end of the session.

Dr Mary McMahon is Associate Curator (NG200 Collections) at the National Gallery, where she was formerly Acting Associate Curator of 1600–1800 Paintings, and before that Bernays Curatorial Fellow of British Paintings. Prior to this she has held research, exhibition and curatorial positions at the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Watts Gallery. At the National Gallery she was co-curator of the exhibition Discover Constable and the Hay Wain. She is curator of the forthcoming exhibition Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse.

A recording of this event will be made available to all ticket holders in the days following the event.

This recording will be available until the exhibition closes.

Automatic closed captioning is available for this event.