February 2011
Save Anne Boleyn's portrait 05/02/11
From the National Portrait Gallery: This important portrait of Anne Boleyn is in urgent need of conservation treatment. It is in a particularly vulnerable and unstable condition as a result of structural problems with the wooden panel. Vertical cracking has occurred across the picture causing minor paint loss where the wood has split (see the photograph taken in raking light alongside). We need to act now as the damage is being caused by the long term effects of an unsuitable cradle (an applied wooden panel support) which must be removed. Therefore this important and much loved painting needs urgent conservation treatment to ensure it can be put back on public display. The Gallery hopes to raise £4,000 for conservation work on this picture, and with your help we very much hope to be able to undertake this work in early 2011.
<a class="external" href="http://www.npg.org.uk/support/donation/conservation-donation.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You can donate to the effort here</a>.
Also a facebook page has been launched here :<a class="external" href="http://www.facebook.com/SaveAnneBoleyn#%21/SaveAnneBoleyn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Saving Anne Boleyn's portrait">Saving Anne Boleyn's portrait</a>
SUBMITTED BY: MsSquirrly
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