Margaret Newton (née Coningsby), Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

Margaret Newton, Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt from 1760 by George Stubbs depicts a woman in hunting attire, reflecting the participation of aristocratic women in field sports. The Charlton Hunt was one of the most prestigious hunts in England. Stubbs painted primarily in oil on canvas and board, achieving a distinctive cool clarity through a careful layered technique built over a white ground. His seven years of dissecting horses in a remote Lincolnshire farmhouse...

The hunting portrait combines equestrian skill with costume accuracy, Stubbs rendering both the rider and her mount with characteristic precision.