Isabella McDonald

Cataloguer & Collections Assistant at Burgh House
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(386) 825-5501
Location
London, England, United Kingdom, GB
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French Limited working proficiency
  • Italian Elementary proficiency

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Cataloguer & Collections Assistant
      • Jul 2022 - Present

      Cataloguing 19th and 20th Century British art, photography and archival material. Researching and writing catalogue notes and short condition reports. Collection includes works by 20th Century British artists Daphne Charlton, George Charlton and Nancy Carline and numerous pictures by Victorian watercolourist Helen Allingham. Cataloguing 19th and 20th Century British art, photography and archival material. Researching and writing catalogue notes and short condition reports. Collection includes works by 20th Century British artists Daphne Charlton, George Charlton and Nancy Carline and numerous pictures by Victorian watercolourist Helen Allingham.

    • Contributing Writer
      • Nov 2022 - Present

      Researching and writing articles on the art of the Pre-Raphaelites and their contemporaries for the 2023 issues of the society journal. Researching and writing articles on the art of the Pre-Raphaelites and their contemporaries for the 2023 issues of the society journal.

    • United Kingdom
    • Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Intern, 19th Century British and European Art
      • Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

      Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, British Drawings & Watercolours and 19th Century European Art departments. Researched the provenance, exhibition history and bibliography of upcoming lots. Researched and wrote catalogue notes. Confident using JDE for cataloguing. Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, British Drawings & Watercolours and 19th Century European Art departments. Researched the provenance, exhibition history and bibliography of upcoming lots. Researched and wrote catalogue notes. Confident using JDE for cataloguing.

    • United Kingdom
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Exhibition Assistant
      • Aug 2020 - Mar 2021

      Assisted with the exhibition 'Works in Progress: Design Drawings from our Collection' (Dec 2020- March 2021). Chose exhibits from the gallery's collection and decided on their placement within the temporary exhibition space. Researched and wrote information labels. Assisted with the exhibition 'Works in Progress: Design Drawings from our Collection' (Dec 2020- March 2021). Chose exhibits from the gallery's collection and decided on their placement within the temporary exhibition space. Researched and wrote information labels.

Education

  • Courtauld Institute of Art, U. of London
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, History of Art
    2018 - 2021
  • The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
    Language course, Italian in conjunction with History of Art
    2018 - 2019
  • University of Buckingham
    Master of Arts - MA, Decorative Arts and Historic Interiors
    2021 - 2022

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