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A group of mares and foals are proudly displayed in this celebration of John Theobald’s stud, one of the most successful of the early 19th century.

The composition, which owes much to Stubbs, arrays the horses in front of a spreading tree, with a house in the background. It is signed and dated 1825, the year in which John Theobald first advertised his stud at Stockwell, Middlesex in the Racing Calendar. There are also portraits at Brodsworth of Theobald (1766–1849) by G. F. Joseph, and with his most successful horse, Rockingham, by James Ward.

This painting has hung in the Billiard Room at Brodsworth since the house was built in the 1860s, with other paintings of racehorses by Barenger, Herring and Ward. These came to Brodsworth through the marriage of Theobald’s granddaughter, Georgiana, to Charles Thellusson.

English Heritage, Brodsworth Hall

Doncaster

Title

The Theobald Stud

Date

1825

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 147.5 x W 182 cm

Accession number

90009356

Acquisition method

purchased, as part of the contents of Brodsworth Hall, from Pamela Williams by the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to English Heritage, 1990