After over 220 hours of meticulous restoration work on an important painting by William Barr, undertaken by the specialist conservators Egan, Matthews & Rose, new details in the work have been revealed. The oil painting, first shown in 1911, features portraits of the great and good of Paisley, and its restoration is widely viewed as an important part of safeguarding the record of the town’s history.
Jeremy Casson - How Painstaking Restoration Has Revealed the Beauty of an Important Paisley Artwork
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By Jeremy Casson