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The Conservation of Daguerreotypes: Objects in Mirror are More Complex than They Appear

June 1, 2020 - Harry Ransom Center

One of many strengths in the Ransom Center’s collections is early photography. In addition to the earliest surviving photograph produced in a camera, The Niépce Heliograph, the Center holds many beautiful examples of daguerreotypes.

[Read more…] about The Conservation of Daguerreotypes: Objects in Mirror are More Complex than They Appear

Filed Under: Conservation, Featured1, Photography Tagged With: Albert Davis collection, archive, Conservation, Daguerreotype, Photography

Seeing stars in the Blaeu World Map

January 14, 2020 - RANDI RAGSDALE

Detail of Joan Blaeu map.

A fascinating project to preserve and display the iconic 1648 Dutch world map is now underway. In previous blog posts, we revealed the history of the Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula (Blaeu World Map) and the family of cartographers, globe makers, printers, and publishers who created it. We also have discussed the science and conservation taking place to prepare the Texas-sized 371-year-old map (learn more about the map) for public display.  [Read more…] about Seeing stars in the Blaeu World Map

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Conservation, Digital Collections, Featured1 Tagged With: Blaeu World Map, Blaeu-Map-19, Conservation, conservation lab, Joan Blaeu, tycho brahe, Willem Blaeu

Introducing The Niépce Heliograph

August 20, 2019 - Jessica S. McDonald

One of the most celebrated objects in the history of photography is featured in a permanent exhibition just inside the main entrance to the Harry Ransom Center. The untitled photograph—the earliest known surviving photograph made with the aid of the camera obscura—was produced in 1827 by the French scientist and inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce using a process he called héliographie. Permanent exhibitions are never really “permanent,” however; objects may remain in place, but their meanings are always evolving, and exhibitions are periodically revised to reflect those advances. [Read more…] about Introducing The Niépce Heliograph

Filed Under: Conservation, Exhibitions + Events, Photography Tagged With: Conservation, history of photography

Conservation treatment gives new life to St. Jerome in His Study

February 5, 2017 - Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa

In addition to two portraits by the artist Mary Beale, the Ransom Center’s old master painting St. Jerome in His Study will be exhibited in the newly renovated galleries of the University’s Blanton Museum of Art from February 2017 to February 2019. [Read more…] about Conservation treatment gives new life to St. Jerome in His Study

Filed Under: Art, Conservation Tagged With: Art, Blanton Museum of Art, Conservation, Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, Marinus van Reymerswaele, Mark van Gelder, painting, St. Jerome, St. Jerome in His Study

Ransom Center conservator treats preliminary layouts for Ed Ruscha’s Hard Light

December 21, 2016 - Susana Hoyos Velasco

The author reducing the orange adhesive stains with solvents using the suction table.

The Edward Ruscha Papers and Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Center includes preliminary layout sheets for Hard Light, a collaborative artist’s book published by Ruscha and Lawrence Weiner in 1978. [Read more…] about Ransom Center conservator treats preliminary layouts for Ed Ruscha’s Hard Light

Filed Under: Art, Books + Manuscripts, Conservation, Photography Tagged With: adhesive, Art, artist, Books, Conservation, Ed Ruscha, Hard Light, intern, Lawrence Weiner, photographs, preservation, treatment

Meet the Staff: Rob Hay, Head of Exhibition Services

November 28, 2016 - Marissa Kessenich

Rob during installation of the spring 2016 exhibition Look Inside: New Photography Acquistions.

Meet the Staff is a Q&A series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center.

Rob Hay has been at the Harry Ransom Center for two and a half years. He worked as a preparator before taking on his current position as head of exhibition services. [Read more…] about Meet the Staff: Rob Hay, Head of Exhibition Services

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Meet the Staff Tagged With: Art, artist, Conservation, Exhibitions, gallery, Loans, Meet the Staff, New York City, painting, Rob Hay, Taglialatella Galleries

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