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#Elizabeth galton full#
Rutherston, J.Jewellery Design: From Fashion to Fine Jewelleryīasics Fashion Design 10: Jewellery Design by Elizabeth Galtonġ84 pages / full colour / paperback / 978 2 940411 94 8 / publishing October 2012Įlizabeth Galton is the former Creative Director of Links of London and is now Creative Director at Aurum Holdings Ltd (Mappin & Webb and Goldsmiths). III by Lewis Carroll’, The Book and Paper Group Annual, Vol. (1998) ‘The Design of a Photo Album Structure with Removable Leaves: Rebinding Photographs Vol. (2003) Elizabeth Anne Galton (1808 – 1906) – A Well Connected Gentlewoman (Chesire: Leonie Press) C., (1972) The Restoration of Leather Bindings (Chicago: American Library Association) (1987) ’The Movement of the Book Spine’, The Book and Paper Group Annual, 6 Having had placements in national institutions, private studios and binderies during her studies, Alice started working in the Book Conservation team at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford upon graduating from Camberwell.Īmerican Institute for Conservation (2000) Conservation of Scrapbooks and Albums, Postprints of the Book and Paper Group/Photographic Materials Group Joint Sessions at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (Missouri: AIC)Ĭonroy, T. Images reproduced with the permission of UCL Special Collections.Īlice Evans graduated in July 2017 with an MA in Conservation from Camberwell College of Arts, where she specialised in books and archival material. Elizabeth’s illuminated manuscript-style illustrations employ gold leaf and shell gold to a high standard, and show not only artistic skill but also an interest in broader cultural conversations of the day, beyond those associated with a merely idle, amateur, hobby. However, the contents of what turned out to be as much a sketchbook as a scrapbook also indicate an interest and engagement with the wider cultural interests of the period, including the Gothic Revival.
#Elizabeth galton professional#
Elizabeth’s watercolour landscapes, botanical illustrations and still-lifes reflect Victorian society’s rigid expectations of women, who were encouraged to pursue more private and trivial forms of artistic expression such as scrapbooking, rather than become professional artists. One of the things I found most fascinating about working on this object was thinking about it within the wider social context of Elizabeth’s life, and how it is an example of the limited pastimes available to a woman of her position in society.
#Elizabeth galton archive#
It is part of the Galton Archive at University College London. My final project for my MA in Conservation at London’s Camberwell College of Arts focused on the conservation of an early Victorian scrapbook from 1837, which was owned by Elizabeth Anne Galton (1808 – 1906), sister of the Victorian scientist Sir Francis Galton and cousin of Charles Darwin. The damage and deterioration of scrapbooks is typically due to a combination of low-quality materials, wear and tear due to their practical use, overfilling, and the types of materials, adhesives and media in them. This resulted in a huge range of scrapbook binding structures, which, when combined with the variety of their contents, can raise complex conservation issues. The major technological developments of the period facilitated the increased production of cheap stationery bindings as well as the affordability and variety of ephemera which could be kept within them, including printed scraps, photographs, textiles and botanical specimens, as well as artwork and text. Scrapbooking in Britain peaked in popularity during the nineteenth century, as a cheap, easy and accessible form of self-expression and entertainment. They can be found in most collections around the world, and due to the huge range of binding structures and their contents, each object presents different issues for discussion regarding its importance, function and conservation. Scrapbooks are unique and often deeply personal objects that can provide fascinating insights into the life of an individual or group of people.