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George Stubbs Zebra Alongside his sporting pictures and scenes of horses attacked by lions, Stubbs painted carefully observed studies of exotic species. In this case the subject was the first zebra to be seen in Britain, brought from the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) by Sir Thomas Adams for presentation to Queen Charlotte, who was a keen collector of unusual animals. The "painted African ass" was installed in the park of Buckingham House, the royal residence recently bought by the queen and her husband George III, and became the object of much public interest. |