I think i need some elmers glue on the palm of my hand

Looks like a distaff of linen. The cup is for the spinning. Linen requires you to dip your fingers into water. People still do it as a hobby. Her hands are like that because she is spinning the thread. People use these spinning wheels today.

I think it says India Rubber

I’ve been doing my family tree, and occasionally come across pictures of their gravestones. As you can imagine, they can be very difficult to read. I found that putting different filters over the top of them, eg, making them black or white, could make it much easier to read. I am tickled pink that you did the same with the signature on the picture. I feel quite proud of myself that I figured this technique out, especially that I am an accountant by trade with no artist training. And going down rabbit holes, I quite often end up down them whilst trying to track people down. Like today. I’ve spent five hours proving that someone wasn’t a relation! Then I put the information on Ancestry to help other people trying to track their relatives and save them from pulling their hair out like me! Fortunately I am a female so it grows back….I can relate to spending hours researching someone and absolutely love how you’ve worked out the family tree’ of this painting and have passed it on.

Is anyone else having the sensation of peeling dead skin after a horrible sunburn watching this?

Very interesting ❤❤

The historical information was very interesting ❤❤

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Tells you how poor these painters/restorers were. They had to employ gunny sack of mattress tick for a lining. But in our days we have had the same sort of problem with modern paintings that, in the case of a few Dutch painters, were painted on jute sacks or wood that is not sufficiently weathered etc. At least this has been documented so future restorers don't need to guess.

This painting is screaming out for Juliens hot table!

Whel it at least protected the painting to some level and by shear luck didnt damaged it.

It brightens up the painting immensely.

Why don’t you clean the varnish first? Mild soap gel or something like that? Thanks

Why don’t u use a scalpel ?

Mr. Croxton is dressed like a magistrate.

Her hands are so graceful looking and she looks like a kind soul.

Wow. What a beautiful portrait and beautiful restoration. The before/after is genuinely shocking.

Beautiful job!👏Couldn’t the sign have been covered so that the weather doesn’t get to it? I can’t imagine the rain snow and sun that it’ll endure. Hopefully it’s not on the sunny side of the building.

Exterior house paint is designed to chalk-form a thin layer of loose material--in order to let the rain carry off the dirt that lands on it. So maybe that's the medium he used.

I wonder if the family was horrified by the mutilation and hid it away, like The Regency Gent.

The sounds of the liner cracking seems to reveal how fragile the painting is. This will be another magnum opus, like The Regency Gent!

Could be Garrett?

When I saw the stripes i thought the same as you. The artist did a phenomenal job on faces. Anxious to see the rest of the restoration with you turning a sow’s ear (condition-wise) into a silk purse. Is there any interesting history of the building your studio is in? It would be interesting to hear about if you haven’t already done so in another video. Enjoyed this one!

Came here to check baumgatner comments

Beautiful! He's so much more elegant than when you received him. Fabulous!

Good explanations

Ok, so now it's clear what I have to do, wish me luck 🤣

So that lining reminds me very much of old hospital sheets. Two of my sisters were nurses so I've seen quite a few over the years.

The blue ticking kinda reminds me of hospital nursery blankets for newborns. 🤔 Definitely seems like a bed sheet 🤭 What an interesting project!

The three lines reminds me of a flour sack

That overpainting looks like he’s been into his mum’s makeup. It’s almost criminal when well meaning ‘amateur’ artists think they can do what art restorers spend years to learn. As I always say - leave it to the experts.😊

Oiy, save some of those nails for the wood flooring of your studio. They are trying to pop right off!!😫😉

I like your waffling. 🤗

I always enjoy watching these, but the location where you record your voice overs has so much background noise. With headphones on, it reminds me of the old KZbin videos that were positional sound demonstrations (like the "Virtual Barber Shop"). There has been more than one occasion that I turn around, thinking someone has come into the room or made a sound only to realize it's from the video. It can be unsettling when you are the only person in the house. 😆

My God, man I love, love, love your videos and descriptives and explanations! That said, I can barely hear you over that ridiculous flooring of yours please GET IT fixed!!!

Always nice to see you. Thanks for another adventure in restoration.

Another interesting video, and very relaxing to watch. Thank you ❤

Another project and story! Or at least start of one! Looking forward to more. 😊👋🏼🇨🇦

Old lineing may be cotton ticking used for making pillows or mattresses or possibly flour sacks.

Thanks for another video!!!

I know that Potato Sacks used to have printed lines on them like that, in the US at least

Thumbs up if this video has become your go-to source of inspiration and motivation!

Yikes! That poor boy! I'm so happy they sent him to you. Can't wait to see the finished results. And can't wait for the vlog!

Getting serious "flour sack" vibes from the blue stripes. In late 19th/early 20th century America, rural folks would make dresses and other clothes out of them.

Wow, looks like an epic restoration series to come. And sure don't we love every step. Wish i could help with the scraping. 😂😂😂 Tedious little jobs like this can be so satisfying to complete. Looking forward to next week

Wow. That white card which caused correct color balance. Yikes. That varnish yellow was intense.

Wow. What an incredible task you are taking on. Many thanks for sharing the journey, it is fascinating. I'm looking forward to all you manage to research about this, as well as the physical restoration. Many thanks. Fiona

What a horrific mess!

Baumgartner just recently had to fight a very damaged face where the issue was, when does he go from "touching up" (editing) into "painting" (creating new material)? I fear that when it comes to the touching up, you'll be having similar issues. MAYBE there will be stray dots of original color on the cheeks still around from which you'll be able to interpolate what the face looked like originally. I hope so! In any case, this will be fascinating.

There's an article you may find interesting by Pascal Labreuche in the march 2011 edition of "Studies in Conservation". Article titled " India Rubber Painting Grounds in Britain & France in the 19th century". You can request a full copy from the author.