John England archive

Photos

This page presents a small archive of photographs of England at work in the National Gallery Framing Department, between 1978 and 1995.

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Working with former head of framing, Vincas Jokubaitis, on the frame for a Mantegna, 1978.
The Framing Department, c.1978.
Inspecting the frame for Rembrandt’s Belshazzar’s Feast, with Christopher Brown.
Finding a frame of the correct style that fits the painting.
England standing with the reproduction fireplace for Samson and Delilah, 1983.
Making the frame for Velazquez’s Philip IV of Spain, 1983.
The ‘new’ frame for Sassoferato’s The Virgin in Prayer, 1987.
England with Sassoferato’s The Virgin in Prayer, 1987.
England standing with the restored di Cione Crucifixion, 1990.
Demonstrating the technique of sgraffito used in the Wilton Diptych (with Neil MacGregor, Making and Meaning: The Wilton Diptych, 1993)
England in his National Gallery office, 1995.
Arranging the component pieces for the Way to Calvary frame, 2002.