Harrison's of London

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• Devastating experience!
• Mr. Harrison of Harrison's of London restored 4 of my Victorian portraits. Unfortunately the very poor quality of his restoration caused significant amount of permanent and visually distorting damages to 3 of the portraits and caused a substantial loss of their value. 4 conservators evaluated the paintings and reached the same devastating conclusion. The paintings have been damaged beyond any possibility for repair now or ever in the future. The harsh solvents used by Harrison's of London made the original paint layer too soft and sensitive to even very mild solvents. Any attempt to remove the protective varnish and the poor touch up paint in order to perform any type of repairs will also remove the original paint. There are numerous iron impressions, creases and wrinkles visible on the face of the paintings, one has a 10" scar right across the face and a badly repainted nose, the fur collars worn by two of the persons portayed have been totally wiped off. One painting was placed on the wrong side of the stretcher frame causing bulging and creasing on the painting. Harrisons of London did not want to refund the money I paid for the restoration voluntarely, so the matter was taken to court. Although I won, it's a bitter sweet victory because my paintings are lost forever. Renata (Renata, 06/29/2008)
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• Devastating experience!
• Harrison's of London restored 4 of my Victorian portraits. Unfortunately the very poor quality of his restoration caused significant amount of permanent and visually distorting damages to 3 of the portraits and caused a substantial loss of their value. 4 conservators evaluated the paintings and reached the same devastating conclusion. The paintings have been damaged beyond any possibility for repair now or ever in the future. The harsh solvents used by Harrison's of London made the original paint layer too soft and sensitive to even very mild solvents. Any attempt to remove the protective varnish and the poor touch up paint in order to perform any type of repairs will also remove the original paint. There are numerous iron impressions, creases and wrinkles visible on the face of the paintings, one has a 10" scar right across the face and a badly repainted nose, the fur collars worn by two of the persons portayed have been totally wiped off. One painting was placed on the wrong side of the stretcher frame causing bulging and creasing on the painting. Harrisons of London did not want to refund the money I paid for the restoration voluntarely, so the matter was taken to court. Although I won, it's a bitter sweet victory because my paintings are lost forever. Renata (Renata, 06/29/2008)
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