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  • Object type

  • Museum number

    1887,0307,E.169.20

  • Description

    Tile; tin-glazed earthenware; square; transfer-printed in black; Mlle Camargo dancing to a pipe and drum; rococo border with leafy stems either side and musical instruments above. The design is adapted from Laurent Cars' engraving of Lancret's picture of the same subject in the Wallace Collection.

  • Producer name

  • School/style

  • Culture/period

  • Date

    • 1760-1770 (circa)

  • Production place

  • Materials

  • Ware

  • Technique

  • Bibliography

    • Hobson 1903 E169 bibliographic details
    • Ray 1994 p.24, fig.B3-11 bibliographic details

  • Location

    G46/wall/mixed theme/C

  • Conservation

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    Treatment date

    29 June 1994

    Reason for treatment

    Permanent Exhibition

    Treatment proposal

    Clean, mount.

    Condition

    Surface dirt,chips in glaze.

    Treatment details

    The tiles were removed from their frame. Steam cleaned using distilled water; run off dirt and water absorbed into soft tissue paper, any excess mortar was removed from the back and sides of the tile with a spatula. Missing areas filled with FEW surface filler (polyester). Cut back with a scalpel blade and sanded smooth with various grades of abrasive paper. Painted with Rowney's Cryla colours (acrylic) diluted with water applied with a sable brush. Back and sides of tiles sealed with 20% Paraloid B72 (ethyl methacrylate copolymer) in acetone applied with a paint brush. Tiles adhered to the roughened surface of an aluminium backing plate with Araldite 2005 (epoxy) mixed with Cab-o-sil (fumed silica). Any excess around the edge of the tiles wiped off with tissue and acetone.

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  • Subjects

  • Associated titles

    • Title: Mlle Camargo

  • Acquisition name

  • Acquisition date

    1887

  • Department

    Britain, Europe and Prehistory

  • Registration number

    1887,0307,E.169.20

Tile; tin-glazed earthenware; square; transfer-printed in black; sailor bidding farewell to woman with wheelbarrow, with a ship in the background; rococo scroll border.

Tile; tin-glazed earthenware; square; transfer-printed in black; sailor bidding farewell to woman with wheelbarrow, with a ship in the background; rococo scroll border.

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