'Molly Longlegs', George Stubbs, 1761-1762
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 127 x 101.5cm
Accession number: WAG 2389
Artist: George Stubbs (1724-1806)
This picture, with its clear depiction of veins, bones, muscles and distinctive equine bloodpoints is among the best of his single horse portraits. It shows how closely Stubbs|'s anatomical studies and portraiture were linked.
Molly Longlegs was a bay mare that twice won 200 guinea prizes at Newmarket races. She belonged to Lord Bolingbroke who presumably commissioned this portrait.
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