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American Sporting Artist Series

Pamphlets from the American Sporting Artist Series on Paul Brown at the MHHNA

Three exhibitions beginning with works by Franklin B. Voss, then displayed selections by Paul Brown, and the most recently featured artist, Richard Newton Jr. Each exhibition, arranged in the elegant ballroom of the Mansion at Morven Park, included several representations of the individual artist’s work, with many pieces graciously loaned from private collections. An informative […]

The Scurry

Oil painting "The Scurry" a foxhunting scene in a wide open field with dozens of riders and horses

According to James L. Young, MFH of the Orange County Hunt, a “scurry” was a common artistic conceit popular in England during the 17th and 18th centuries, before the advent of photography. The art form was a composite portrait of the riders, horses, and hounds—all identifiable and named—in a particular hunting field or club. The […]

New Forest Jasper Oil Painting

Oil painting of a foxhound and a foxhunter looking at each other through a barn stall door

Portrait of Tom Seabright, Huntsman of the New Forest Hounds and Jasper, bred by Lord Egremont Shortly after the portrait was painted, it was reproduced in an engraving by Scott, published in the June 1803 issue of The Sporting Magazine. The engraving was accompanied by the following commentary: “…Jasper was, when young, consigned to Mr. […]

John Bowles Sporting Art Collection

Exhibit room at the MHHNA with framed art on the walls and a display table.

Original art by Lionel Edwards, one of the twentieth century’s foremost sporting artists. Included in this generous gift are five oil paintings commissioned by sportsman-businessman John Bowles, and each depicts Mr. Bowles and his wife, Norma, hunting in the English Shires. The donation—five original paintings, along with sketches, working drawings and correspondence between subject and […]