Images taken during the 1965 restoration of Mrs Humphrey Devereux by the director of New York University's Conservation Centre, Sheldon Keck.
Before the treatment.
Detail
before treatment showing extensively contracted old paint (alligator crackle).
Ultra-violet
fluorescence photograph - the dark areas indicate old restoration (before
treatment).
Painting
with varnish partially removed.
Detail
of face during restoration showing varnish partially removed.
Detail
of face before restoration.
Detail
of face after restoration.
Mrs
Devereux after restoration.