Paying the Ostler (Primary Title)
George Morland, English, 1763 - 1804 (Artist)
Morland’s rough-and-tumble stable with dogs fighting in the foreground is a far cry from the idyll of country life presented in Pieter Angellis’s A Game of Skittles, also in the Mellon collection. Morland lightly caricatures his subjects: the “gentleman” seems to begrudge his payment to the halfhidden ostler (an inn employee who takes care of horses).
Inscribed and dated on tree at lower left corner, "Sketch G. Morland 1792."
Paul Mellon Collection
2018-2019: "A Sporting Vision: The Paul Mellon Collection of British Sporting Art from the VMFA", National Sporting Museum & Library, Middleburg, VA, April 13 - July 22, 2018; Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN, February 2 - May 5, 2019; Frick Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, June 15 - September 8, 2019
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