| Timeline |
| 1724 |
Born 24 August in Liverpool |
| 1739 |
Apprenticed to Hamlet Winstanley (leaves after a few weeks) |
| 1745 |
Settles in York |
| 1751 |
Illustrates a book on midwifery by Dr. John Burton |
| 1754 |
Travels to Rome |
| 1756 |
Returns to Liverpool |
| 1756 |
Son, George Townley Stubbs, is born to his common-law wife, Mary Spencer |
| 1762 |
Begins exhibiting at the Society of Artists |
| 1764 |
Settles on Somerset Street in London |
| 1766 |
The Anatomy of the Horse published |
| 1772 |
Appointed president of the Society of Artists |
| 1775 |
Exhibits at the Royal Academy of Arts |
| 1780 |
Elected an Associate of the Royal Academy |
| 1780 |
Experiments with enamel painting, works with Josiah Wedgwood |
| 1781 |
Voted a full Academician |
| 1790s |
Commissioned by the Prince of Wales - a painting of members of his favoured regiment |
| 1806 |
Dies in London on 10 July |
