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the antique pictures ( 1870s) are restored as much as possible, I think they look pretty cool

I stained the frames with mahogany tinted oil twice, the wood was very dry and soaked it up, then two coats of dark brown hard wax to fill the open grain

I touched up the gesso gilding with some old gold paint

I gently bleached the prints to remove yellowing and get out as much of the damp stains as I could. The backing was very yellow so I couldn’t remove the prints at all without ruining them, so the warped backing card board had to stay.

and then I sent away for some special picture frame backing clips so I could secure the pictures in the frame.

the lighthouse is Gabo Island just off the coast of Victoria, the one with boats is Mount Michael off the coast of Wales, a place that Turner often painted