By Gabrielle Vergnoux, Conservation Intern, National Library of Ireland At first sight, an image of “Cork Harbour by Robert Lowe Stopford in 1862”, as is written on the verso, seems to do exactly what it says on the tin. The large marine landscape (29 x 71 cm), from the library’s Prints & Drawings Collection, depicts figures […]
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Cobh Harbour,
Cork Port Authority,
Gabrielle Vergnoux,
Heritage Council,
Lithographs,
Photography,
Robert Lowe Stopford,
Watercolour
Only very cool conservators get to work on the conservation equivalent of CSI. Yes, it’s fun to wear white coats, flash the ultraviolet light around and talk abut acidity (for us, anyhow!), but the reality of preserving our paper heritage collections is somewhat more mundane. That is until we must deal with LOTS of mould. […]
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Conservation,
Heritage Council,
Louise O'Connor,
National Library of Ireland,
Pearse Papers,
Preservation,
Projects,
Tor Vergata University Rome,
Valentina Giunta
by Elodie Leveque – Conservation Intern, Heritage Council Have you ever wondered how we conserve ancient objects in the National Library of Ireland’s collections? How we tackle things like dirt and mould? Every year, acquisitions or donations help develop and enhance our wonderful collections and conservators here help make these items available to readers by […]
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19th century,
Acidic,
Caricatures,
Conservation Intern,
Conservators,
Elodie Leveque,
Etching,
Fragile,
Heritage Council,
Interns,
J Sidebotham,
Microscope,
Mould,
Paper-pulping,
Pigments,
Sackville Street,
Suction table,
Ultraviolet light,
Watercolour
