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Historic |
Portrait of Marianne North |
Archive exterior shot |
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The Gallery- Pre and Post the restoration |
Gallery after restoration |
Gallery after restoration |
Gallery after restoration |
Gallery after restoration |
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Before the restoration project |
Inside the gallery - before the restoration |
Taking down the paintings (c) Jonathan Farley |
Marianne North Gallery - Paintings |
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Burning Bush and the Emu of Chile
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Native Vanilla hanging from the Wile Orange, Praslin, Seychelles
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View in Brazil near Ouro Preto with Oli Palms
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Northia hornei
Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of the Capucin Tree of the Seychelles |
Cultivated Flowers, painted in Jamaica |
Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit at the Takamaka, Praslin |
Ipomoea and Vavangue with Mahe |
The Permanent Snows, from Santiago |
Artwork conservation - Uncovering a hidden painting |
Cycad in fruit in Mr Hill's Garden, Verulam, Natal
While removing the backing board of this painting a hidden painting was uncovered. |
Gently peeling back the backing board
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Gently peeling back the backing board
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Male Pawpaw with Flowers and Imperfect Fruit,
The secret painting is very similar to this one, except for a different composition
Image of the similar painting |
Cleaning the surface of the painting with saliva |
Gently peeling back the backing board |
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Marianne North Gallery - Conservation |
Conservator surface cleaning |
Conservator's tools |
Separating the backing board from the painting |
Conservator restoring a painting |
Rehanging the high quality facimilies |
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Expert coneservators from Plowden & Smith, re-hanging the facimilies in the Marianne North Gallery
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Marianne North Gallery reopening |
A conservator continues restoration |
Marianne North |
The Gallery |
Marianne North Gallery outside |
A visitor enjoys the gallery |
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Re-hanging the Marianne North Gallery |
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