Collections Online | British Museum

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Treatment; 19 Feb 2016; Surface clean. Lift from backboard. Reduce discolouration (?). Inlay/hinge in order with 2014,7075.1 + 3 on one mount. Stamp.; Western Art on Paper

Reason: Storage
Description: Pared down mountboard on verso. Used poultice of methyl cellulose to soften residues of board and adhesive and removed with scalpel. This revealed a drawing in pen and iron-gall ink of the backview of a naked figure with a hat and carrying a bayonette. Drawing has been scribbled out with graphite pencil. Also revealed part of watermark. Flattened under pressure.
Details: Treatment

1 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 2014,7075.2 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Edward Burne-JonesFormerly attributed to:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1836-1919