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Treatment; 18 Dec 1998; Lift from mounts. Remove verso debris. Support tears/repair where necessary. Inlay. To be beta-radiographed if there is watermark.; Western Art on Paper

Reason: Storage
Description: Lifted by slitting guards with a scalpel. Debris removed using a poultice of Culminal (nonionic cellulose ether). Adhesive residue removed with cotton wool swabs dampened with warm water. Humidified over capillary matting and Gore-Tex in a chamber. Pressed under glass using a blotting paper template to preserve the plate mark. Inlaid into BM inlay paper using strips of Ino shi Japanese tissue and Culminal (nonionic cellulose ether) adhesive. Pressed using a template.
Details: Treatment