Deconstructed: The NSLM Sporting Screen

Apr 12, 2019 - Sep 15, 2019

Deconstructed: The NSLM Sporting Screen centers on a unique decorative object from the NSLM’s permanent collection. Recently conserved, the four-panel screen is comprised of paintings and prints showing 18th century racing portraits on one side and manège training (an early form of dressage) on the other. The exhibit will cast light on a captivating era in British sport, art, and literature.

(after) Thomas Butler (English, c. 1730-1760),
Four-paneled Sporting Screen, c. 1860,
hand-colored engravings and oils on canvas on a wooden frame, 
81 1/2 x 108 inches, Bequest of Sonia Phipps Seherr-Thoss, 2006

Close-Up of screen in progress.