THE INSIDE OF THE STABLE
By GEORGE MORLAND


THE INSIDE OF THE STABLE
BY GEORGE MORLAND (1763-1804)
IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON

Morland was typical of the age he lived in, when men lived hard, and, as his life showed, worked hard also. He died at a comparatively early age, and it is a remarkable testimony to his genius that during his comparatively brief career, punctuated as it was with violent excesses which might well have ruined all capacity for work, he contrived to turn out such a number of masterpieces and to make his mark in the world of art for all time. Even his excesses were turned to account, for upon one occasion, when a friend chided him for keeping very low company in a tavern, he asked how it would otherwise be possible to depict faithfully the scenes of rural life which he wished to paint.

Art was as natural to Morland as breathing. Even the youthful prococity of Millais pales before his early evidence of genius. He was but ten years of age when he exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time, and before he died thirty-nine of his paintings had been hung at its Exhibitions. Altogether he produced some hundreds of paintings and drawings, although he was always in financial difficulties and was often compelled to change his place of residence to escape his numerous creditors.

"The Inside of a Stable" is considered Morland's masterpiece. It was painted in 1791, and the scene is said to have been laid in the stable of the White Lion Inn at Paddington. One of its greatest charms is its naturalness, for although the various objects in the stable are apparently scattered carelessly, they fit perfectly into the composition, and each one, on examination, is seen to be in its proper place.

From the book "Famous Paintings" Volume 2 printed in 1913.

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A Flood


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The Dream


Henri Fantin-Latour
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Thomas Gainsborough
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Jean Baptiste Greuze
Fidelity


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Alfred William Hunt
Windsor Castle


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The Shipwrecked Mariner


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Portrait of the Artist

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Anton Mauve
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J.L.E. Meissonier
The Cavalier


Sir J.E. Millais
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Sir J.E. Mallais
My First Sermon


George Morland
The Reckoning


George Morland
The Inside of a Stable


Murillo
The Immaculate Conception
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Alfred Parsons
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All Things Gay


Ralph Peacock
The Sisters


Rembrandt
Syndics of the
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Guido Reni
"Ecce Homo"


Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Mrs. Richard Hoare
With Her Infant Son


Briton Riviere
The Temptation
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Dante Gabriel
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Day Dreams


John Singer Sargent
Miss Ellen Terry
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Lady Stanley
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Marcus Stone
On the Road from
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Constant Troyon
Watering Cattle


H.S. Tuke
"All Hands to the Pumps"


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King Philip IV. of Spain


S.E. Waller
Sweethearts and Wives


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