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SHAMEFULLY NEGLECT'd English Artist & Etcher (1790-1851) - all past & present artworks produc'd in OBSCURITY & DISTRESS &c. &c.

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Upon my easel... the Cavemeister General - a production wrought of twig, mineral, anxiety & fortitude in the face of overwhelming indifference, 42 x 30cm... Available to discerning lovers of the arts &c. #nickcave #contemporarydrawing #charcoalportrait

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@arthistorynews Seriously? Freud's beautiful punning portrait of Kitty Garman, 'Girl with Kitten' doesn't get in?... I am aghast! @JANUSZCZAK p.s. Billingham's gruelling work is entitled 'Ray's a Laugh', & has recently been made into a film, 'Ray and Liz', surely a rib-tickling chuckle-fest...

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@arthistorynews One of 'his' caps-shy tweets earlier contained the word 'egregious'... hmm *rubs chin* Hopefully he's too busy packing up his golf bag

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A brief reprise?

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A young Lucian Freud inflating his hair to impress the girls c.1931

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Tweeting to nobody is exhausting.

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@SoozUK This will never, ever be less than hilarious.

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@JosieLong A smorgasbord of joyful exuberance with a sprinkling of genuine pathos... Never surrender!

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Poundshop William Wallace...

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@mikegove12 More risible half-baked 'science' from the Hartley-Goebbels death cult? Surely not?

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Beelzebub's minions, busy sowing the seeds of misery & destruction...

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@EmilyOConserve I'm all in favour of aging gracefully, so tend to agree with your position! Thank you for humouring me with your expertise this morning, it's the most convivia and informative exchange I have enjoyed on Twitter since my resurrection. *tips hat*

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@EmilyOConserve Is there any benefit in inserting acid-free tissue between the folio leaves at this point? Or is the aging process (I don't really consider it 'damage') so far advanced that intervention would make little difference? *distracts again*

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@EmilyOConserve These are 'impressions' from the front surface, but I also see ghosts left beneath the prints too...

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@EmilyOConserve Many of the prints in my collection, especially those in folios, have extreme ghosts...

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@EmilyOConserve The drawing with the watermark has some repairs which probably wouldn't pass muster, but not too bothered!

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@EmilyOConserve Hello Miss O'Conserve, as promised I come bringing a paper mystery for your expert perusal! Here is a recent acquisition, a drawing which I think is one of mine, thus executed sometime between 1815-51. The sheet is 16x11 inches, quite heavy, and rough in texture..

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@EmilyOConserve Aha, looks like the very same tape...

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@EmilyOConserve It's just irritating to see such a crass (though presumably well-meaning) 'repair' on such a beautiful impression!

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@EmilyOConserve ... If I were to mount conventionally, the tape would be concealed, so maybe I will consider that option...

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@EmilyOConserve The print does have an exceptionally wide border (most of my prints have extremely narrow borders) which is perhaps due to the experimental nature of the print. Perhaps it also explains the casual fingerprints at the very edges, to be cut off?