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his paintings of horses. stubbs was born in liverpool, the son of a currier, or leather-dresser, john stubbs, and his wife mary. information on his life until the age of or so is sparse, relying almost entirely on notes made by ozias humphry, a fellow artist and friend; humphry's informal memoir, which
was not intended for publication, was based on a series of private conversations he had with stubbs around , when stubbs was years old, and humphry . stubbs worked at his father's trade until the age of or , at which point he told his father that he wished to become a painter. while initially resistant...
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