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The Art of Conservation II: Sir Charles Eastlake and conservation at the National Gallery, London
12/2015 | 1353 | 157
Pages: 846-854
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Author:
Avery-Quash, Susanna (Avery-Quash, Susanna; Quash, Susanna Avery-)
Subjects
art literature:
Eastlake, Charles Lock
dates:
1850-1869
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Conservation / Restoration (process) / Museum techniques / Techniques / Gallery directors / Museum directors / Environmental protection / Glazing (glass) / Damage to works of art
subjects:
Collections, Public
Illustrations
Attributed works:
36. Sir Charles Eastlake, by Francis Grant. 1853 (National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
38. Ralph Nicholson Wornum, Keeper at the National Gallery during Eastlake's directorship. Portrait photograph taken in the studio of William Green, Northumberland, 1873 (National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
39. Page from Wornum's Diary: the entry for 17th October 1859 condemns the use of patent parchment to cover the backs of Gallery pictures (National Gallery archive: NGA2/3/2/13. National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
40. Photograph of An Allegory with Venus and Cupid, by Agnolo Bronzino, showing Raffaele Pinti's overpainting of Venus's tongue and nipple and adding draperies, after the picture's acquisition in 1860. Pinti's changes were removed in 1958 (National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
41. Eastlake's 'Manuscript Catalogue', showing his entry for Sebastiano del Piombo's Raising of Lazarus (NG1). Under the heading 'On what material painted', Eastlake notes that the picture had been 'Transferred to canvas by Hacquin in 1771' and under 'When repaired', he notes that the picture had been retouched by Benjamin West (National Gallery archive: NG10/1. National Gallery, London)
Western art unattributed:
37. A gallery in the Barry Rooms complex showing National Gallery pictures protected by glass before being put on display. 1876 (National Gallery, London)