Five Brood Mares at the Duke of Cumberland's Stud Farm in Windsor Great Park

Five Brood Mares at the Duke of Cumberland's Stud Farm in Windsor Great Park from 1762 by George Stubbs documents the royal breeding program that the Duke of Cumberland—the victor of Culloden and a major figure in English racing history—had established at Windsor. The stud produced Eclipse, who won every race he entered and dominated English bloodstock breeding for generations. Stubbs's documentary approach to the five mares—each individually characterized by coat color, conformation, and bearing—serves both as a record of valuable animals and a demonstration of the variety available within the thoroughbred type. The painting was made in the year Cumberland died, making it a valedictory document of his great stud. The work is held at the Royal Collection.

The five mares are individually characterized with Stubbs's anatomical precision, each horse's build and coloring carefully distinguished within the parkland setting.