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This is a picture on 18th century glass painted by Thomas Jervais.

This panel was restored in 2000:

The glass panel had been broken in many places an repaired with lead over the last century which was not sympathetic to the original construction. The panel was restored for the National Trust in 200 by Alfred Fisher.

The painting was dismantled by cutting away the lead and removing the putty that had been used to seal the glass. Following the dismantling, it was found that most of the edges of the glass had been cut back to allow the repair leads to be inserted without increasing the size of the panel. This made it impossible to obtain the perfect joining of the pieces and an infill of epoxy resin used in the joints.*

Painted Glass

*Printed on an information sheet at the property.

8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 14th 2011

8 Responses to “100 Photos 82 :: Art”

  1. jameshigham says:

    Superb – no other words.

  2. Wow that really is superb

  3. Claude says:

    It’s very special.

  4. liz says:

    That is beautiful! I love it.