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Whatman Antique & Vintage

Handmade Papers

1700 to 1899

For Watercolor , Drawing & Print

see also WHATMAN PAPERS 1900 to 1980

 

The Virtual Museum of Watercolor gallery of:

This Virtual Museum is a collection of photographs

items are shown on this pages are for historical interest -and are not for sale and

are phisically in various collections throughout the world 

 J WHATMAN Hand Made Watercolor Paper 1820's

 

 

 

Early wove texture papers:

Above a blank partial sheet watermarked: J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1826 note the canting of the "6" the oldest blank Whatman paper in our collection.

 

Right watermarked J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL1824

 

These papers were made in the Turkey Mill then owned by the Hollingsworth family

 

Right: from a page of Hogarth prints- loose sheets that nearly match from a book of the time-"The Election"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This wove texture paper

is watermarked J WHATMAN 1824

 

Made at the Balston & Co Springfield Mill.

(this is known because it does not say Turkey Mill)

 

At this time there were two different companies with paper mills using the Whatman trademark.

 

In 1859 Balston & Co. bought the sole rights to the Whatman trademark from the Hollingsworth family.

 

Original Ream Stamp of J Whatman in 1770

print from a Whatman produced paper sample book c.1930

   

 

ANTIQUE WHATMAN PAPER :

WHATMAN Hand Made wove paper 1759-1760   This is one of the first uses of genuine wove paper in Europe Watermarks were not widely used until the late 1700s The few watermarks seen in British paper from this era are usually simple.     Right is a partial watermark : the letter"W" for Whatman The W is approximately 11 mm wide at the widest- top w It stands alone and is correct for how J Whatman Sr. watermarked his papers. This is a watermark for J Whatman Sr. My thanks for information to Steve R. Hill Paper Historian and Archivist at Whatman -Springfield Mill in Maidstone   < "W"     Found worn copy of a book printed in 1760 - Prolusions; or Select Pieces of Ancient Poetry Edward Capell (Editor). 1st printing Only a few copies show watermarks. Title page shown. appearing on page 35 of the section Edward III by Shakespeare. Some copies show partial Whatman watermarks - showing the manufacture of this wove paper was by the Whatman company at the Turkey Paper Mill. ( Historical reference from Dard Hunter, Paper making: the history and technique of an ancient craft, pps 125-127)   This copy of the book has all wove paper in it.