Following up on the previous two postings of works by George Stubbs (1724 - 1806), these were not so much fine art paintings as designs for a series of hand painted ceramic plaques. The actual repetitive painting would have been done by the girls in the enamellng department at Wedgewood, the big Stafforshire pottery that was experimenting with the plaques. From the look of it the compositions were assembled from standard design components, so had these gone into mass production, the figures could have been painted by different girls, with the prime figures being done by the more skilled artists, or even by Stubbs himself:
Compare the standing girl with a pole in these two details, then click on the lower image and look for the variations:
I suppose you could say that Wedgewood and Stubbs were pioneers in the concept of "Cut and Paste" - even more so in the popular range of sprig moulded blue-ware.
interesting......I like Stubbs work.....not seen it to do with ceramics before though!! fancy that.....
I had no idea....just thought he was a painter.......