Reference
SL2/1/1899/11
Title
Various Picture Restoration Works
Date free text
June 1899
Production date
From: 1899 To: 1899
Scope and Content
Thomas Agnew & Sons
14 Exchange Street
Manchester
(also Piccadilly)
9th May 1899
Repairing and regilding with best deep gold frame on picture by Millais "The Grey Lady", cleaning, restoring and slightly varnishing picture £4
Repairing and regilding with best gold a large frame for picture by Goodall, cleaning and polishing surface of the picture and refitting into frame £5/15/-
Repairing and regilding with best gold frame on picture by Heywood Hardy, cleaning and slightly varnishing the picture and refitting £4/17/6
Repairing the ornaments and part regilding a frame for picture by A Linnell, cleaning the picture slightly varnishing and refitting £6/18/6
Unfitting pictures by Long, Sister of Mercy and The Ear Ring, cleaning and restoring same and slightly varnishing, repairing the ornaments and part regilding the frames £9
Repairing the ornaments and part regilding with best gold frame on picture by Towne, cleaning and polishing the surface of the picture and refitting complete £3/3/-
Repairing and part regilding an ornamental frame for picture by Hamilton Macallum, cleaning and polishing the surface of the picture and refitting complete £1/5/-
Unfitting the following 5 pictures: Frank Holt, Gow, Stanfield, Mulready, Muller, Cleaning and restoring where necessary and slightly varnishing, repairing the frames part regilding refitting the pictures £5/15/6
Unfitting 2 Water Colour Drawings by Cattermole and Topham, repairing and regilding the frames with best gold cleaning the mounts and glasses and refitting complete £1/17/6
8th, 9th, 10th, 11th May
Foreman's and assistant's time packing large pictures and drawings bought at Auction, conveying to railway station, loading into covered carriage truck and conveying to Biggleswade, unloading, delivering and unpacking at Old Warden Park, arranging and hanging same, packing and conveying large picture by Romney to Bond Street London, including materials used in packing, cash paid, railway fares, carriage of property to Biggleswade, cartages, extra assistance and other expenses £14/15/-
36 yards picture chain £1/4/-
1 and two thirds dozen 3 hole iron hooks and screws 5/-
1 and one third dozen 2 hole ditto 3/4
20th May
Regildinng with bset deep gold a carved ornamental frame £2/17/6
1st June
A large gilt mounted frame, gilt in the best manner, for picture by Hunt £18/15/-
Nett £80/11/10
Level of description
item