A Grey Horse galloping in a field

A Grey Horse Galloping in a Field from 1793 by George Stubbs captures a horse in motion, demonstrating his understanding of equine locomotion. Stubbs's knowledge of how horses moved was unmatched until the advent of photography. Stubbs's oil technique was grounded in exhaustive anatomical study—he spent eighteen months dissecting horses at a Lincolnshire farmhouse before painting the plates for his Anatomy of the Horse (1766)—producing an exactitude of musculature and bone structure...

The galloping horse demonstrates Stubbs's anatomical understanding of equine locomotion, the movement captured with characteristic precision.