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The Virtual Museum of Watercolor gallery of:   Paints, Palettes & Artists Boxes of Famous Artists & Other Luminaries   1700's to 1900's   Links to photos in other collections.      This Virtual Museum is a collection of photographs items are shown for historical interest -and are not for sale

 

Winslow Homer Pictured a watercolor paint box similar to one used by Winslow Homer LINK: Winslow Homer pigments used       George Washington gift to niece Nelly Custis on 15th Birthday march 1793 Pictured a watercolor paint box similar to one gifted by Washington & with the identical label   Photo of box auctioned at Christies NY 2004                                     John James Audubon Pictured a watercolor paint box i very similar to one owned by Audubon & with the identical label. American Made Artists watercolor paint box by George C. Osborne 1830- 1840   Osborne was was one of the few 19th century American makers of artists paint. Many artists of the time believed the especially clear paint colors by Osborne to be equal or better to any made in Europe.                                   Above is the trade card saying "OSBORNE'S SUPERFINE American WATER COLORS, WARRANTED EQUAL TO ANY IMPORTED" The rest of the label are testimonials       Evelyn Waugh Pictured a watercolor paint box identical to one owned by the author. Auctioned in 2010 whereabouts unknown               PHOTOS FROM OTHER COLLECTIONS: We will ascribe or remove any photo if requested by copyright holder.        Sargent show 2013 Brooklyn Museum of Art   Van Gogh Palette Van Gogh Museum             John Trumbull paint box National Portrait Museum Washington DC.     James McNeill Whistler's box James McNeill Whistler's paints and boxes   Paintings : Royal Artists Past and Present at Winsor Artists Box of Emily Jane Brontë         Winston Churchill Oil Paints     Adolf Hitler's Paints of his youth

 

Not all of these are for sale , some are shown for historical interest.

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