Reproducing a Distemper Paint
On closer inspection it was discovered that the fragment appeared to have a yellowish finish on it and that it had been covered by a coat of ca. 1844 plaster. The fact that it was found below the ca. 1844 plaster was critical and it revealed that the yellowish coated plaster fragment possibly dated it to the Madison-era.
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A fragment of early plaster found in the North Passage. Below the fragment is the ca. 1844 plaster that had been covering the piece of earlier plaster at the beginning of the Restoration. |
