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Torrijos Ceiling Scientific Analysis Placement

Salary This is an unpaid doctoral placement that is financially supported by the successful applicant’s PhD stipend in line with UKRI guidance.
Location Cromwell Road, London
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This is a Fixed Term Contract, Part Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Role

To provide opportunities for early-career training for PhD students, the V&A has made available a range of doctoral placements based in collections departments, archives, the National Art Library, research, and collections care and access. Each placement is a discrete project designed by members of V&A staff (who will also act as the placement’s supervisor), involving collaborative as well as independent research.

The project will focus on the characterisation of samples taken from the Torrijos Ceiling (a carved and gilded wooden ceiling, V&A accession number 407-1905). The samples will be mounted as cross sections, and their layer structure examined.

This will provide information on the materials and techniques used to decorate the ceiling, and identify any later interventions or latent degradation issues.
Under the guidance of the V&A scientists, the student will perform the scientific analysis of the samples, using the following approach:

• Mounting of the samples as cross sections.
• Optical microscopy of the cross sections with visible and UV light.
• Additional digital microscopy for the collection of high-resolution images where appropriate.
• Raman microscopy will provide the molecular identification of pigments, dyes, and their degradation products, if applicable. This will also enable us to suggest a dating for later interventions.
• SEM-EDX analysis will provide additional morphological information for the samples, as well as the elemental distribution of most of the materials used. This will complement the optical and Raman microscopy analysis.

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