The final in-painting of areas of damage and loss, after the mural after it was reinstalled in its original location.
Conducting an assessment of the mural, including notes about previous interventions and areas of plaster damage.
In the process of carefully removing the mural from the wall before areas of detached plaster substrate did more damage to the painting.
Removing the remnants of adhesive, plaster, and old repairs from the back of the painting in preparation of attaching the painting to a new piece of canvas.
Conducting cleaning tests to develop the procedure to remove years of atmospheric dirt and grime as well as the darkened varnish. Yes, that is Ben Franklin.
The finished mural, without the years of dirt, grime and darkened varnish, that had occluded the vibrant color palette.
The finished painting, after it was installed in its original location on the wall of Courtroom #1.
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