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PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE COMPLETE MURALS PRIOR TO RESTORATION In December of 2017 I was commissioned to restore the nineteenth century landscape murals on the walls of the dining room at The Women's Club of White Plains. There were seven panels to be restored in addition to the six panels over the entrance doors and window. The murals could be called  arcadian in design otherwise described as idealized. I believe there had been an attempt to make reference to the Hudson Highlands with the addition of European character buildings and figures; a hybrid was achieved. There was extensive damage to two of the panels which will be evident in the following images. At some point in the past there had been some extensive retouching, mostly in the sky area of each panel. In the process leaf groupings of the trees and the horizon had been compromised. The beginning of the restoration began with the removal of all blistered and loose paint. On the fireplace wall loose canvas had to be remov