Hühnerhund

Hühnerhund (Pointer) from 1766 by George Stubbs depicts a gun dog in the alert pointing posture characteristic of the breed, the moment of suspended action when the dog has scented game and freezes to indicate its location to the hunter. The year 1766 was when Stubbs published his Anatomy of the Horse, and this canine portrait shows him simultaneously developing his broader animal expertise. The pointer's distinctive stance—body rigid, one foreleg raised, nose directed toward the quarry—gave Stubbs an opportunity to study a highly specific pose that combined momentary action with held stillness. His rendering of the breed's smooth coat, lean muscular build, and liver-and-white coloring demonstrates his systematic approach to canine variety. The work is held at the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich.

The pointing dog is rendered with anatomical precision, its characteristic alert posture captured with Stubbs's careful observation of canine behavior.