tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200827855904170988.post843901380134227602..comments2023-10-08T22:27:49.730-04:00Comments on The Tumbrel Diaries: The Late Mr. Thomas Chalmers BorthwickAngus Trumblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03350040368046577016noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200827855904170988.post-45675527483088834802011-12-22T07:47:51.699-05:002011-12-22T07:47:51.699-05:00Ian, why don't you send me a photo of them? It...Ian, why don't you send me a photo of them? It's amazing what Gran threw out. Fortunately oil paintings are, on the whole, indestructible, so it shouldn't be too hard to rescue them, although it does really depend on their present state. I'd be happy to assist in any way--with identification, and conservation.Angus Trumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350040368046577016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200827855904170988.post-72507834536198566372011-12-21T23:31:32.055-05:002011-12-21T23:31:32.055-05:00Your article is most enlightening. I have portrai...Your article is most enlightening. I have portraits in my shed of Thomas Chalmers and Ettie (nee Hogg) painted in 1822, which I rescued from my grandmothers shed at Myamyn street because she was going to throw them out. Known in the family as "the Ancestors" I had them in Ormond at each end of my study, where they exerted a suitably modifying influence over the activies therein. The problem is what to do with them now, but I am moving to put them into a container in a better shed in the hope they will survive. I would love to know if they have any merit as portraits. They cannot be Thomas Chalmers Borthwick but perhaps they are his father or grandfather on his mother's side?ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08744342361328929556noreply@blogger.com