Winsor
& Newton Artist Catalog
c.
1848 version
 This 164+ year old version of the Winsor
Newton catalog lists watercolor supplies , paint, paper &
brushes available to artists of the time.
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- The catalog section in
back is 24 pages- and the art book in the front is 60 pages.
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- They printed the same
catalog version for several years in the back of art books they
produced. This is a book on sketching from nature, published
in 1851.
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- The date
of the catalog in back is earlier- c.1848 derived from page 3
shown below.
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- They began
producing moist paint in 1832 & "sixteen years experience"
later would be 1848, when the catalog was written.(see text below)
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- This is
one of the earliest surviving versions of a Winsor Newton catalogue
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- A single
copy of the earliest catalogue known by Winsor Newton is in their
archive. In that catalog a similar text relates it is
"Fifteen years' years experience" since producing moist
paint in 1832 which would be 1847
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- The catalogue
shown here is only a year later.
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- Click
on images below to see full page -higher resolution photos.
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- Description
& Condition
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- This rare book
is approximately 7 " x 4 3/4 Softbound.
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- In condition
shown:
- Yellowing to
pages , soiling,stains and discoloration .
- Some pages a
bit loose. Some denting/ ripples to pages cover.
- Book has some
folds smalls tears.
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- Spine has been
repaired. Covers: corners rounded & there is a signature
and note on the front cover.
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- But is nice
condition considering the age of this window to the past.
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- Above is a complete
list of the colors they produced in the late 1840's
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