George Morland specialised in charming depictions of rural landscapes. Among his best-known works is the painting Inside of Stable (c. 1791) featuring a quiet scene of farm labourers and their horses bathed in yellow light.

The artist’s early life was tumultuous, with controversial accounts of his father imprisoning his son to produce forgeries of Dutch and Flemish paintings for his profit, only to be exploited further by an art dealer when he escaped his father’s home. He enjoyed significant success in his later life and was well known in London for his debaucherously parties and wild lifestyle. Whilst spending time in Felpham, he painted a ship leaving Chichester Harbour on a wall of the original Fox Inn in lieu of rent arrears.

His career was cut short by his arrest for debt and the subsequent loss of use of his left hand due to palsy, which he contracted in prison. Despite this, he painted right up until his death in London at the age of 41.

The Blue Plaque is located above the front door of The Fox Inn public house.