George Stubbs A.R.A. (Liverpool 1724-1806 London) and George Townly Stubbs (York c. 1756-1815) Thomas Freeman, Lord Clarendon's gamekeeper, with a dog and a shot doe signed and dated 'Geo: Stubbs pin[xit] / 1803' (lower centre) oil on canvas 40 1/8 x 50 in. (102.1 x 127 cm.) Provenance (Probably) Henry Uttrick Reay (1750-1828), Killingworth House, Northumberland, and by descent to his daughter, Elizabeth Bell wife of Matthew Bell (1793-1871), Woolsington Hall, Northumberland, and by inheritance to his nephew, William Lorraine Bell, Woolsington Hall, Northumberland; Christie's, London, 31 March 1922, lot 127. with the Sporting Gallery & Bookstore, New York. with William Wallace New York, from whom purchased in 1938 by the following, Henry P. McIlhenny, Philadelphia, by whom gifted to the following, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, by whom de-accessioned. with Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London, by 1977, when acquired by the following, The Hon. Simon Sainsbury (1930-2006), London; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 18 June 2008, lot 101 (£169,250), when acquired by the present owner.
George Stubbs A.R.A. (Liverpool 1724-1806 London) and George Townly Stubbs (York c. 1756-1815) Thomas Freeman, Lord Clarendon's gamekeeper, with a dog and a shot doe signed and dated 'Geo: Stubbs pin[xit] / 1803' (lower centre) oil on canvas 40 1/8 x 50 in. (102.1 x 127 cm.) Provenance (Probably) Henry Uttrick Reay (1750-1828), Killingworth House, Northumberland, and by descent to his daughter, Elizabeth Bell wife of Matthew Bell (1793-1871), Woolsington Hall, Northumberland, and by inheritance to his nephew, William Lorraine Bell, Woolsington Hall, Northumberland; Christie's, London, 31 March 1922, lot 127. with the Sporting Gallery & Bookstore, New York. with William Wallace New York, from whom purchased in 1938 by the following, Henry P. McIlhenny, Philadelphia, by whom gifted to the following, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, by whom de-accessioned. with Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London, by 1977, when acquired by the following, The Hon. Simon Sainsbury (1930-2006), London; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 18 June 2008, lot 101 (£169,250), when acquired by the present owner.
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