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Bartlett's Blacking
Boot Polish Advertisement, 12x15 inches, chromolithograph, published in Philadelphia in 1863 by H. A. Bartlett, "Bartlett's Blacking, Preserves The Leather and Polishes So Easy and Nice."

Varnished and mounted on fabric.
After Minimal Restoration
Paper Backed
Before

Procedures

Poster had fabric removed from verso and then was washed with water and Orvus. Poster was then mounted to handmade Japanese paper with water soluble adhesive. Restoration was performed to main image area and missing paper in blue section with watercolor and colored pencil.