“Lives of Dogs Viewed Through
Literature, Art and Ephemera” Exhibition on Display at the National
Sporting Library from May 27 through December 11, 2010
“Lives of Dogs
Viewed Through Literature, Art and Ephemera” will open Thursday, May 27,
at the National Sporting Library, located at 102 The Plains Rd. in
Lives
of Dogs is on display in the Forrest E. Mars Sr. Exhibit Hall at
the National Sporting Library and is open to the public May 27 through December
11, 2010, during normal library hours, which are Tuesday through Friday from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Curatorial
Assistant Brenna Elliott, Librarian Lisa Campbell and Maureen Gustafson curated
the exhibition. For more information, visit www.nsl.org
or call 540-687-6542 x 10.
The earliest book in the
exhibit, “Turbervile’s Book of Hunting, 1576” by the Englishman George Turberville, provides
advice for the care and training of hounds. Italian architect Amedeo di
Castellamonte’s “Venaria Reale” (The Royal Hunting Lodge)
(1674) documents an extensive hunting estate near
The exhibition also
includes watercolor and oil paintings and bronze sculptures by artists Sydenham
Teast Edwards, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, and Pierre-Jules Mêne. Dog-themed ephemera,
including a private collection of antique dog collars, complement the fine art
and rare books on display.
A public one-day
symposium on the origins and history of hunting and sporting dogs is planned
for fall of 2010.
Elizabeth Tobey, Ph.D., Director of Communications &
Research
National Sporting
540-687-6542 x 11
http://www.nsl.org/