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WATERCOLOR PAINT BLOCKS
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 Winsor & Newton
Antique Paint
Blocks
pre 1881
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Blocks are approximately 1 1/8 x 5/8
by 3/16 inch thick
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- See below for color charts of these paints-
and later
- NOT FOR SALE
- We are looking for more blocks like these for the collection
c. 2010 R
M Bodoh
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- Winsor
& Newton Artists watercolor paint box
- around 1862
more
information
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  Winsor & Newton's
- Water
Colors
- in
c.1887- 1890's Catalog:
- The
the text at the bottom of
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left hand page notes
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labeling paint "SL" for select list
- of
permanent colors.
- this
is one of the first designations
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permanent colors in the industry, which
- they
pioneered.
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  The color swatch charts
of the actual colors painted on a strip of paper and mounted
in this catalog:
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- Page 6
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- Note:
these colors have subtilties that
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be captured in any other media.
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  Winsor & Newton
- Watercolour Paint
in porcelain pans- full size
- some in original
wrapper.
- c.1880-1920
- I believe earlier
versions of this date range of packaging had no color borders
in the wrap, see photo on left..
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The SL on the wrapper indicates that
they are in their Select List of permanant colors.
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- the unwrapped pan of color on right is
Aurora Yellow
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- See below for color charts of these paints-
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c. 2010 R
M Bodoh
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  Brochure
from the Winsor & Newton Exhibit
- seen
in Great Exhibitions in the 1890's
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- Winsor
& Newton
- Box
showing their manufactory around the late 1800's
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- c. 2012 R M Bodoh
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- Winsor & Newton
- Box showing their
manufactory around the late 1800's
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c. 2012 R
M Bodoh
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- Watercolor
paint blocks were invented by brothers William and Thomas Reeves
in the 1760' -1770s
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- In 1835 Winsor
& Newton introduced the first moist watercolor cakes using
glycerine - & honey. They were readily wettable making easier
to use.
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- This and
the new colors being invented by chemists contributed to the
watercolour painting popularity in Victorian England- artists
could paint out doors more easily.
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- In the late
1880's Winsor Newton was the first company to spear head the
discussion of the permanency of colors and which were likely
to fade. They began labeling their paints with a "SL"
for their Select List of permanent watercolour paint.
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- Queen Victoria
& Prince Albert were great patrons of the arts encouraged
the arts through many programs. One way was to expand the royal
warrants- providing a guarantee of quality of many art supplies.
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- This warrant is carried
forward by the royal family on everything from paint to cereal. See the royal warrant
seal in the upper right & left hand corner of the brochure
below. "By Special appointment ......"
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  A
Winsor & Newton
- Water
Colour paint chart
- with
individually painted
- samples
of color mounted
- around
1910 :
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- The
paper on is of a laid texture
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