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A negative image of a photographic portrait of a woman in a photographic studio.

Identifying cellulose nitrate film while cataloging our collections

How do we identify one transparent film support from another more dangerous one? This was a challenge posed to staff working with the Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection of photographic negatives. Conservator Photography Caroline Garratt describes the issues they face and the technology that helps them.Read more

By: Caroline Garratt

On: 6 Mar 2023

In: Behind the scenes, Photography

Can you see through paint? Examining a hidden wall mural using infrared reflectography

Linda Waters, Conservator Paintings, shares a technique used in her work to look through layers of paint and uncover a painting that would otherwise remain invisible.Read more

By: Linda Waters

On: 26 Oct 2016

In: Art, Behind the scenes, History

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