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The knowledge and restoration of old paintings: the modes of judging between copies and originals: and a brief life of the principal masters in the different schools of painting

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A comprehensive treatise by the artist and engraver Theodore Henry Fielding, and an early work on the subject of restoration. With travel in continental Europe much easier the flow of paintings into England was dramatic, 14,901 pictures in 1845, and the author includes a long chapter on the dangers of fakes and how to tell originals from copies. The section on surface cleaning and removal of varnish is still valid today, although his instructions on revarnishing are best avoided.

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    London: Ackermann and Co, 1847

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    1845-1846

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    • Besides a long section on 'The restoration of old paintings', the author writes (among other topics) on distinguishing copies from originals, lists the paintings in the National Gallery in 1846 with the prices paid for them, and quotes official sources to claim that in 1845 14,901 paintings were imported into this country
    • Collectie: Londen / National Gallery / 1846

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