This is a beautiful hand painted engraving by Will Daniel, 1825.

The engraving had been attacked by the airborne fungus that produces the ‘freckled’ appearance called ‘foxing’. It was thoroughly covered with it including the mount and the board at the back. The original frame had small dents and missing areas.

Normally an engraving can be cleaned by the process of ‘bathing’ but in this case, because of the hand painted details it was decided not to use that method. Instead it was treated as it if it was a watercolour with the method of ‘spraying’.

This was long process because spraying is less aggressive, precisely to protect the painted colours. The outcome was very rewarding and subtle little touches of colour that were invisible before came back to life.

It was re mounted on acid free materials to avoid the return of the ‘foxing’. The glass used was one with UV filter to protect the work from the effects of ultra violet radiation.

The frame was restored and retouched.