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Stubbsian, a.|ˈstʌbzɪən|
[f. the surname Stubbs (see below) + -ian.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the English painter George Stubbs (1724–1806), or his work.
1960Times 4 Nov. 16/7 Ferneley's brand of aristocratic elegance is splendidly represented, especially in the ‘Five Hunters in the Park at Deene’ (a Stubbsian subject with a better understanding of space than Stubbs). 1963Times 1 May 5/7 Stubbs, of course, ranges over the whole field of conversation pieces, portraiture, wild life and land⁓scape as well as horse painting;..and there is a picture of almost Stubbsian quality by George Garrard.
2. Of or pertaining to William Stubbs (1825–1901), historian and Bishop of Oxford, or his historical opinions.
1979English Hist. Rev. XCIV. 487 By 1934 Kenneth Pickthorn's study of Early Tudor Government..still framed its argument in Stubbsian terms by denying that the period had much of a constitution at all aside from the medieval idea of the supremacy of law. |