The Anatomy of the Horse

This hardback presentation of George Stubbs’ The Anatomy of the Horse is taken from the 1853 printing, the last to use original plates, includes Stubb’s full commentary and is complemented by essays from Constance Anne Parker and Oliver Kase place Stubbs’ work in the context of his life and times, and of 18th-century medical science.

“The subtle forms and modelled curves and planes in a skeleton were to George Stubbs what a symphony is to a musician.” — Oxford Companion to Art

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