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    Sep 19, 2019 1 minute

    STUBBS ON SHOW

    n exhibition of more than 80 Stubbs’ paintings and drawings – opening on 12 October at the MK Gallery – is one ofis on show along with groundbreaking forensic drawings of horses. These are displayed with a skeleton of Eclipse, the legendary 18th-century thoroughbred and progenitor of more than 90% of subsequent racehorses. Stubbs’ paintings of Eclipse can also be seen. The exhibition, runs until 26 January at the MK Gallery in Milton Keynes.

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