PROCESS OF RESTORING A LATE 19TH CENTURY MEXICAN RETABLO OF (EITHER) SAN BONIFACIO OR JESUCHRISTI WITH LA MANO PODEROSA (THE POWERFUL HAND), A DEMON AND DEATH WITH SCYTHE. I'M STILL RESEARCHING WHICH ELEMENTS AND SYMBOLS ARE USUALLY REPRESENTED IN THIS PARTICULAR RETABLO AS THERE IS EVIDENCE OF IMAGERY AT THE BOTTOM-LEFT HAND CORNER AND ALSO A FAINT FORM UNDER THE KNEES OF THE CENTRAL FIGURE, POSSIBLY A SWORD (IF SAN BONIFACIO) OR A SKULL. UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE UNSTABLE NATURE OF THE PAINT, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN THE SURFACE WITHOUT LIFTING OFF AREAS OF PAINT SURFACE AS THE OIL PAINT WAS APPLIED DIRECTLY ONTO THE TIN WITHOUT BOLE OR PRIMER, SO I'M HAVING TO COLOUR-MATCH WITH THE DIRTY SURFACE , WHICH IN ITSELF IS QUITE A JOB.
