The Lord & Darling Portraits mission is to provide you a valuable portrait that will survive for generations.  In keeping with that mission,  we make conservation framing a standard feature so that your portrait is ready for your wall the moment we present it to you. 

Museum curators are nearly unanimous that art should be framed to give it the best protection from the most common physical damage.  That's why our portrait packages include framing and glazing techniques known as “conservation framing.”  

This involves both UV-blocking spray and UV-blocking acrylic glazing over our 100-percent cotton art paper or a UV-blocking spray on our 100-percent cotton canvas, as well as careful backing and framing with acid-free materials.  

This combination helps protect the portrait from the deleterious effects of ultraviolet radiation and atmospheric ozone — the two worst enemies of all art.  Conservation framing and glazing may as much as triple the expected life of portraits kept on constant display in the home compared to the same photograph under the same conditions without it.

Another important factor of conservation framing is that it is reversible.  That means the print itself is not permanently attached to anything within the frame.  If the frame, the backing, or the glazing is damaged, the print can be easily and completely removed for reframing. Here is more information on conservation framing.

Our frames are relatively low in cost yet quite attractive, and you have the option of more elegant frames.