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Stubbs was an incessant experimenter always alert to the potential of new technologies. He had long explored painting enamel on copper but this is the first enamel Stubbs ever made on a ceramic support. He formed a close friendship with the potter and industrialist Josiah Wedgwood who was developing new techniques for the manufacture and distribution of ceramic tableware. In this case Stubbs appears to have taken an oval section of earthenware from a previously manufactured Wedgwood dish, painted it with enamel, and then re-fired it. This experimental object led to a close collaboration between artist and potter, the latter beginning to make large earthenware plaques specifically for Stubbs to paint on, one of which is shown nearby. – Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2022
Title

Sleeping Leopard

Date

1777

Medium

enamel on Wedgwood biscuit earthenware

Measurements

H 10.8 x W 16.8 cm

Accession number

B2001.2.209

Acquisition method

Paul Mellon Collection

Work type

Painting

Signature/marks description

signed and dated in brown paint, lower right: Geo Stubbs | (...) 1777

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