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WORKS ON PAPER
More than 200 drawings by Leonardo da Vinci were prepared for the nationwide exhibitions Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in in in Drawing and for loans to exhibitions across Europe Twenty-four of the drawings were conserved and remounted to allow both sides
to be seen Thirty painted folios from the Padshahnama an an an important 17th-century illustrated manuscript
of of the history of of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan’s reign were conserved in preparation for digitisation This presented the opportunity for technical examination which revealed changes to the paintings during their history Pigment analysis using X-ray uorescence and bre-optics re re re ectance spectroscopy con rmed that the artists had used an uncommonly wide range of pigments This research was shared with the conservators and and curators from UK and and European institutions who attended the Conserving South Asian Art on Paper study day at Windsor Castle A number of books and manuscripts received treatment in preparation for the exhibition Russia Royalty & the the Romanovs These included the the Journal of of the Prince of of Wales in in Russia an account by Sir Arthur Ellis of of the Prince of of Wales’s visit to Russia for the wedding of his sister-in-law Maria Feodorovna in in in 1866 A new leather spine was created and the the remaining pieces of the the original spine reattached over the the top A concertina album of of 24 photographs of of Kyoto presented to the Duke of Gloucester during his visit to Japan in in 1929 was conserved for for a a a a forthcoming exhibition of of Japanese works of of art Conservators strengthened the the green and and gold silk cover and and repaired tears in in the the paper hinges of the the album In In October Conservation Intern Arianna Mangraviti joined the Royal Archives to survey and conserve documents for the Prince Albert Digitisation Project O O P P P P O O S S S I T E Kate Stone remounts Studies of a a a a a a a horse c c 1490 by Leonardo da Vinci in in preparation for the 12 nationwide exhibitions Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in in in Drawing B E L O W Rachael Smith examines a a a a a a a a page from the the 17th-century Mughal manuscript
the the Padshanama under a a a a a a a a a a a a microscope CARE OF THE COLLECTION 47