This eighteenth century pastel by the famous Danish artist Jens Juel was in something of a sorry state. Two hundred years of dirt, re-backed at some point with an inappropriate glue stuck to the support had caused cockling and glue spots to appear on the pastel surface, disfiguring the delicacy of the portrait. Julie removed the backing and the various glue spots, flattened the paper support and cleaned the surface restoring it to a luminosity and harmony it had lost. I am most delighted with her work and hope the pastel will look as good as it does now for another 200 years or more, all of this combined with a warm and friendly service.

The item in need of conservation was a fragile and wrinkled lithographic print from 1913 by the Russian avant-garde artist Natalia Goncharova to illustrate a satirical poem, intentionally printed on poor-quality paper to subvert the sensibilities of the time. Conservation was complicated by the fact that another agit-prop poem from early Soviet times, handwritten in ink about 25 years later by yet another writer known to both poet and artist, is inscribed on the back of the print. Julie was able to restore the sheet to a flat surface and very delicately - and impressively - mount it within a Japanese tissue surround to enable the print to be framed so that both sides can be viewed to illuminate a complex period of social history. I am very pleased with the result, and now feel confident about the integrity and stability of the print - thank you, Julie!