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Posted by Cherry
on 22/8/2009, 12:28 pm
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Recently come into my posession is a miniature portrait which appears to be watercolour on natural wafer, apparently of some age. The sitter is a handsome mature lady in very accurately portrayed late Georgian/early Victorian dress, with hair and jewellery equally appropriate to the period. While the face, hair and shoulders are in good condition, there is some white spotting to the head-dress and the surrounding areas, as though condensation had got into the frame - which is missing - and damaged the paint. There's also an 8mm vertical split to the bottom edge and a 5x25 mm sliver missing from the top right corner, neither of which is too detremental to the image. All this said, she's far too lovely to discard, and I've grown fond of her. Is she worth restoring, and if so, how do I go about finding a suitably qualified restorer? I should hate to spend a small fortune to have her spoiled by too heavy a hand. Please, HELP!
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