The Saint Louis Art Museum’s conservators aren’t the first people to attempt to repair the extensive damage on The Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley. As they move from scene to scene, the Museum’s conservators frequently encounter areas that have been retouched by previous restorers. As you can see from the images below, these areas of earlier restoration can be very problematic – often the colors don’t match, or details have been left out.
Left: detail from Scene 4; Right: detail from Scene 22. The mismatched green patch from Scene 4 and the streaks of bright blue from Scene 22 are previous restoration.
