Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm, 50 × 70 cm, 70 × 100 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.
When will it arrive?
Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.
What if it arrives damaged?
Email us a photo within 30 days of delivery and we will send you a new one free of charge or refund you.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes. At checkout you can write a gift message and ship it to the recipient's name and address. The parcel shows no prices.
About the work
- Artist
- George Stubbs
- Date
- 1762
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 296.1 × 248 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery, London (NG6569)
- Print up to
- 70 × 100 cm
- Reference
- XDV-1691
What the museum label doesn't tell you
A chestnut horse rears up against absolutely nothing. No rider, no stable, no landscape—just a flat ochre ground that says nothing and therefore says everything. That levade pose, forelegs pawing the air, neck arched as if squaring up to a rival, can only hold for real for about a minute, so Stubbs fused direct observation with the memory of classical sculpture to freeze it forever. Legend has it Whistlejacket himself, seeing the nearly finished painting, attacked it like a challenger. Almost certainly untrue. But looking at this, you see why someone believed it.
