20May 2026

George Stubbs – The English Leonardo

Christopher Garibaldi

Stubbs was compared to Leonardo da Vinci, known as the Leonardo of Liverpool.  With some justification considering the scientific method and investigation Stubbs put into his epic book “The Anatomy of the Horse”.  He became England’s greatest animal painter, especially his equestrian subjects but there was also much more to his work which this talk will bring out.

Christopher Garibaldi

Christopher Garibaldi was Director of Palace House, Newmarket (the National Horseracing Museum) from 2010 to 2019. He now works an independent lecturer and is currently completing his PhD in the History of Art and Architecture at St John’s College, Cambridge where he is studying aspects of royal architectural patronage with a particular focus on the Jacobean and Restoration palaces at Newmarket.