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Conserving Hubert Herkomer’s portrait of William Cawkwell

Discussion in 'National Railway Museum' started by Dan Clarkson, Feb 5, 2015.

  1. Dan Clarkson

    Dan Clarkson Guest

    Today’s post comes from Ed Bartholomew, Senior Curator of our image and sound Collection. The National Railway Museum has an art collection containing over a thousand paintings. Many of them are depictions of locomotives and original artwork for railway posters, … Continue reading →[​IMG]
     
  2. NBDR Lock

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    With the amount of 'froth' paint jobs usually generate I'm surprised this has attracted no comments. Compare the finished work in the above post with the 'before' condition at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaint...eneral-manager-london-and-north-western-r9548
    The lesser (depending on your point of view) items in the NRM collection also deserve recognition and we should give them credit for these restorations too. Well done chaps!

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