Untitled (Hound Chasing a Hare)

Hound Chasing a Hare from 1765 by George Stubbs captures the dramatic chase that was central to English coursing, a sport in which greyhounds or lurchers pursued hares across open ground. Stubbs was uniquely equipped to render such subjects, his thorough knowledge of animal anatomy allowing him to depict creatures in full athletic motion with a conviction no contemporary could match. The painting demonstrates his ability to render two different animal species—each with distinct musculature, movement patterns, and physical characteristics—simultaneously and accurately in dynamic action. The predator-prey drama was a subject that connected his sporting commissions to the broader Romantic interest in natural violence, anticipating the more explicitly Burkean sublime of his lion-and-horse series. The work is held at Auckland Art Gallery.

The chase is rendered with dynamic energy, both animals depicted in full motion with Stubbs's characteristic anatomical accuracy.