Rare Late 19th century English theatre scenery boardsDimensions in inches: H 30” x W 36” x D 0.5” (both opened 72” width)Age: 1880Origin: United Kingdom Condition: WornOverviewThe very rare pair of metamorphic trick scenery boards each hinged and hand-painted to wood and canvas, comprising of two rows of the Queen’s guard appearing from their guard houses, sign written with the numbers B42 and A41, the soldiers appearing to emerge by un-folding into a two rows of twenty five soldiers each, in their distinctive red tunics, on the march, surviving from the latter part of the nineteenth century and from the renowned collection of John Michael Blundall (1937-2014).The condition of the scenery boards is totally un-meddled with and there have been no attempts to restore the flaking to the original paintwork (only natural wax has been applied to keep things tight on the surface). They are relatively fragile having been well used in performance and the canvas hinges...