Baronet with Sam Chifney Up

Maker George Stubbs (British, 1724-1806)

SitterSitter: Samuel Chifney (British, 1753 - 1807)

ClassificationsPAINTINGS

Date1791

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensionscanvas: 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.)

SignedSigned lower right: George Stubbs pinxit

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Dr. Charles H. Strub

Status

Not on view

Label TextGeorge 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.

Bibliography

British paintings at the Huntington

Object number58.8