Conservators Hannah Tempest and Rachel Howells cleaning off discoloured varnish from The Garden Court oil painting by Edward Burne-Jones 1894. Carolyn Lamb. 28th May 2015. watercolour.
Edward Burne-Jones: The Garden Court (K928), will be back on display at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery on Thursday 12th November 2015 after conservation treatment to mend tearing edges, flaking paint and remove the discoloured varnish. Fund raising by the Friends of the Art Gallery and individual donors.
This is the painting I would have been treating next if I had not left the museum conservation department last year to follow my artistic career. During the conservation of this painting by Rachel Howells, ACR and Hannah Tempest I have been dropping in as informal consultant, and doing some sketches as their work progressed.
This is the painting I would have been treating next if I had not left the museum conservation department last year to follow my artistic career. During the conservation of this painting by Rachel Howells, ACR and Hannah Tempest I have been dropping in as informal consultant, and doing some sketches as their work progressed.
Hannah with binocular headset (left) and Rachel (right) cleaning dirt from the tacking edge. The painting had been removed from its stretcher and is face down on the table to allow the torn edges to be mended from the inside .(21st January 2015 watercolour pencil)
Attaching fabric strips to strengthen the edges using a Willard heated spatula, (March 11th and 17th), a long and painstaking process. On the right, removing protective facing tissue from the front of the painting after striplining, loose lining and it has been restretched (6th May, ink).
It is only after all the structural work has been completed that varnish removal takes place, (19th May 2015 watercolour pencil). To see the restored work in person you need to visit the Bristol Museum picture galleries or visit their website http://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/blog/burne-jones-garden-court/
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