"The Making and Materials of Victorian Commercial Stage Sets: Normansfield A Case Study"

A three year PhD home/EU fees only studentship (funded by the Textile Conservation Foundation) is available within the College of Arts at the University of Glasgow. The core research theme is "The Making and Materials of Victorian Commercial Stage Sets: Normansfield A Case Study". The student will be jointly supervised by Christina Young and Karen Thompson. The theme draws upon the research interests of both supervisors and in doing so provides a natural bridge between Technical Art History and Painted Textiles Conservation. The research will help to underpin the future conservation of Normansfield Victorian Theatre in Teddington (https://langdondowncentre.org.uk/scenery/) but also contributes towards the wider understanding of the profession of the scenic artist working in traditional materials. There will be plenty of room within the theme for the student to develop their own directions of original research. Start date: January 2018.