Tracy Kamerer

"... eyen depicted the absence of several missing coat buttons. "People who knew Washington, including his closest friends, were in shock when they saw lt," says Library of Virginia curator Tracy L. Kamerer, who oversees the state art collection “Many ol them described it as 'an exact likeness.' Still, even the most persuasive portrait can suffer from the wear and tear of time, ..."

"... an electronically monitored, climate- controlled fiberglass, plywood and steel cocoon during the work. “Next week, George is going to look like a loaf of bread in a sack,” said Tracy Kamerer, the curator of state art collections for the Library of Virginia, who is overseeing the art move. Similarly, a Eugene Louis Lami oil painting that covers an entire wall in ..."

"... Virginian presidents surround him. But the figures now bear stains many believe were caused by years of exposure to smoke and dirt.' “You can teU there's obvious darkening," said Tracy Kamerer, artwork for special at the Library of Virginia. "Some of their noses look dirty." For most of the capitol's 212- year existence, legislators and visitors smoked freely in the ornamental ..."

"... on a wood panel was created by an unknown artist It was donated to the commonwealth in 1926 by Viscount and Lady Astor, the former Nancy Langhorne of Virginia. Tracy Kamerer of the Library of who ls curator of the state's art collection, oversaw the restoration by the Richmond Conservation Studio. She sald it was an eyeopener "Once they started cleaning ..."