The Library Files: Conserving a 19th-century charcoal portrait @statelibraryvictoria
The Library Files: Conserving a 19th-century charcoal portrait @statelibraryvictoria
Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this first episode of The Library Files, State Library Victoria conservator Katy Glen takes us through the process of conserving a badly damaged charcoal and pastel portrait. This beautiful work depicts William Montgomery, and is estimated to have been created in around 1886 by artist Arthur Wasse.

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The Library Files: Conserving a 19th-century charcoal portrait

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