Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting

1768

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Enjoying the pleasures of companionship, the two set out in search of game. But who are they? It is thought that the man in the dark brown coat is William Wildman – meat salesman, provisioner, and friend of Stubbs – who may have commissioned the paintings; certainly he owned them at the time of his death in 1784. His companion may be Thomas Bradford, print-publisher and picture-dealer, who commissioned William Woollett, one of the finest line-engravers of his day, to make the engravings. Each engraving was numbered and inscribed with a verse.

Artwork Details

Overview

Title: Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting
Artist: George Stubbs (British, Liverpool 1724–1806 London)
Date: 1768
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 39 15/16 × 50 1/16 in. (101.4 × 127.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
Curatorial Department: European Paintings