George Morland (1763 - 1804)

George Morland

George Morland was an English painter whose favorite subject was the ordinary life of ordinary people.

His best paintings are devoted to country scenes, depicting horses and dogs, peasants at work, children. Moreland's famous painting "The Interior of the Stables" is considered a masterpiece. Moreland's subjects and paintings were a success and hundreds of engravings were printed from them.

During the last eight years of his life Moreland painted about nine hundred pictures, not counting more than a thousand drawings.