Summary
| Creator: |
Dean, William
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| Date(s): |
1874-1878 |
| Call Number: |
MSS 0195 |
| Language: |
Materials in
English.
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| Abstract: |
The William Dean notebooks are a collection of twelve small autograph booklets of notes, summaries, and transcriptions from
numerous books and catalogues pertaining to watercolor painting or heraldry. Created during the 1870s or 1880s, the booklets
are Dean's working notes on these two topics.
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| Physical Description: |
12 items
(342 pages)
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| Source: |
Purchase, 1986. |
| Processing: |
Processed by Anita A. Wellner, April 1993. Encoded by Thomas Pulhamus, March 2010. Further encoding by Lauren Connolly, January
2016, and Tiffany Saulter, May 2016.
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Biographical and Historical Notes
William Dean was a graduate of Columbia University in 1855. In 1859 he became a law associate of Judge William Warburton Scrugham,
in Yonkers, New York. His legal specialty was real estate, and for many years he provided legal counsel for Mutual Life Insurance
Company. After his retirement he pursued his scientific, literary, artistic interests. He died on January 17, 1919 at the
age of 85.
The topics of the notebooks in this collection indicate that two of Dean's interests were watercolor painting and the study
of heraldry.
Sources
"William Dean." The New York Times. January 18, 1919. p.11.
Scope and Content Note
The William Dean notebooks are a collection of twelve small autograph booklets of notes, summaries, and transcriptions from
numerous books and catalogues pertaining to watercolor painting or heraldry. Created during the 1870s or 1880s, the booklets
are Dean's working notes on these two topics. Eleven of the booklets provide notes from books which describe the techniques
for painting with watercolors. One booklet is comprised of notes from four different volumes on aspects of Heraldry. The collection
also includes a one-page list of colors removed from Dean's copy of A Descriptive Handbook of Modern Water-colour Pigments by J. Scott Taylor.
The William Dean notebooks were originally part of a University of Delaware Library acquisition which included art books from
Dean's personal library. Several of these books have been transferred to the printed collections of Special Collections, and
other books were added to the general stacks. A partial list of books from the Dean acquisition, in particular some of those
books which were sources for Dean's notes, is included with this finding aid.
The notebooks are arranged alphabetically by title.
Using these materials
Shelving Summary
- Box 1: Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes
Access Information
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
MSS 0195, William Dean notebooks, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Materials Cataloged Separately
The William Dean notebooks were originally part of a University of Delaware Library acquisition which included art books from
Dean's personal library. Several of these books have been transferred to the printed collections of Special Collections, and
other books were added to the general stacks. A partial list of books from the Dean acquisition, in particular some of those
books which were sources for Dean's notes, is included with this finding aid.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the
U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please
contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/
Container List
Arrangement
The notebooks are arranged alphabetically by title.
Series I. Notebooks
| "An Analysis of A Course of Water-colour Painting by R. P. Leitch", 1874 Sep 12 |
10 pp. |
F1 |
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Initialed by William Dean. Includes an index.
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| "A Brief Description of Water=Colour Paints Condensed From the Larger Memoranda", [n.d.] |
26 pp. |
F2 |
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Material taken from books by Delamotte, Penley, Day, Barnard, Rowbotham, and Leitch. Includes index.
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| "A Family Index to: Heraldry, Ancient and Modern by Boutell and Aveling; Manual of Heraldry by Baigent and Russell; Introduction to Heraldry by Hugh Clark; and Elements of Heraldry by William H. Whitmore,", [n.d.]
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26 pp. |
F3 |
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| "Figure Painting Water=Colours, Memoranda", [n.d.] |
6 pp. |
F4 |
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| "List of Colours", [n.d.] |
1 p. |
F5 |
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| "Memoranda of Water Colour Painting", [n.d.] |
36 pp. |
F6 |
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Material taken from Penley, Barnard, Delamotte, Carmichael, Rowbotham, Leitch, Day, and Merrifield. Includes an index.
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| "Notes From Landscape Painting in Water-colours by George Barnard", 1878 Mar
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16 pp. |
F7 |
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Bears Dean's initials on title page and cover. Includes an index.
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| "Qualities of Water=Colour Pigments", [n.d.] |
175 pp. |
F8 |
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Material taken from Penley, Barnard, Rowbotham, Delamotte, Leitch, Merrifield, Day, Green, Carmichael, Whiteford, Martel,
and O'Neill. Includes an index.
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| "Scales of Tints For Painting Trees in Water=Colours From Trees and How to Draw Them by Philip H. Delamotte", [n.d.] |
5 pp. |
F9 |
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Title page bears the stamp: "William Dean, Counsellor at Law."
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| "Skies", [n.d.] |
20 pp. |
F10 |
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Material taken from Carmichael, Penley, Rowbotham, Leitch and Our Sketching Club.
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| "A Table of Water=Colours For Marine Painting", [n.d.] |
12 pp. |
F11 |
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Material taken from Penley and Carmichael.
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| "Trees and Foregrounds, Memoranda From Delamotte", [n.d.] |
F12 |
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9 pp.
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| [Untitled], [n.d.] |
F13 |
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List of colors. Originally laid in Dean's copy of J. Scott Taylor's A Descriptive Handbook of Modern Water-colour Pigments.
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Series II. Books from the William Dean Collection
| The art of landscape painting in oil-colours
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New York: W. Schaus, [n.d.]. Instructions in oil painting. With autograph notes by Dean.
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| Audsley, W. & G. Guide to the art of illuminating and missal painting
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16th edition. London: George Rowney, 1876. With 20 pages of advertisement for products by George Rowney and Company.
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| Bielfeld, H. A guide to painting on glass in oil and water colours
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London: George Rowney & Company, [n.d.]. 3rd edition, entirely revised. With 48 pages of advertisement for products by George
Rowney & Company [n.d.].
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| Bradley, John Williams and Thomas G. Goodwin. A manual of illumination on paper and vellum . London: Winsor and Newton, 1860
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With Winsor and Newton catalogue at the end. (Spec ND 3310 .B8 1860).
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| Bradley, John Williams and Thomas G. Goodwin. A manual of illumination on paper and vellum
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21st edition. London: Winsor & Newton, [ca. 1875]. With Winsor & Newton catalogue at the end. (Spec ND 3310 .B8 1875)
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| Carmichael, J. W. The art of marine painting in water-colours. [no. 5], 1859 |
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London: Winsor and Newton, 1859. With List of colours and materials for drawing and water-colour painting, manufactured by Winsor and Newton [1859].
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| Day, Charles William. The art of miniature painting: comprising instructions necessary for the acquirement of that art. , 1870
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8th edition. [no. 8]. London: Winsor and Newton, [1870]. With Winsor & Newton's list of water colours, drawing papers, water colour brushes, and materials for water colour painting. (Spec ND 1330 .D35 1870)
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| Gilks, Thomas. The art of wood engraving a practical handbook. , 1871
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3rd edition. London: Winsor and Newton, 1871. [no. 29]. With Winsor and Newton's list of water colours, drawing papers, water
colour brushes, and materials for water colour painting (1871).
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| Goodwin, T. The art of mural decoration , 1880
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4th edition. London: Winsor and Newton, 1880. [no. 24]. With Winsor & Newton's list of colours and materials for water colour painting, pencil drawing, &c.
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| Green, Benjamin R. A guide to pictorial perspective with numerous illustrations
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5th edition. London: George Rowney and Company, [n.d.]. With 20 pages of advertisement for George Rowney & Co. products.
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| Green, N. E. Hints on sketching from nature
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Part 1. 6th edition. London: George Rowney, 1874. With 20 pages of advertisement for George Rowney & Co. products.
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| Green, N. E. Hints on sketching from nature
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Part 2. 5th edition. London: George Rowney, 1874. With 20 pages of advertisement for George Rowney & Co. products.
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| Green, N. E. Hints on sketching from nature
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Part 3. 5th edition. London: George Rowney, [1874]. With 20 pages of advertisement for George Rowney & Co. products.
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| Gullick, Thomas J. On animal drawing
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Barnard's Art Manuals. London: J. Barnard & Son, 1866. With J. Barnard and Son's Price catalogue of materials for water-colour painting, drawing, &c.
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| Halse, George. The modeller: a guide to the principles and practice of sculpture for the use of students and amateurs
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London: George Rowney and Company, [n.d.]. With 20 pages of advertisement for products by George Rowney and Company.
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| Hatton, Thomas. Hints for sketching in water-colour from nature
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5th edition. [no. 6]. With autograph notes by Dean. London: Winsor and Newton, 1856. With Winsor and Newton's list of colours
and materials for drawing and water-colour painting.
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| Hatton, Thomas. Hints for sketching trees from nature
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4th edition. London: G. Rowney, [186?]. With advertisement for G. Rowney products at end. (Spec ND 2241 .H4 1860)
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| Hawkins, B. Waterhouse. The artistic anatomy of cattle and sheep.
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[no.22]. 6th edition. London: Winsor and Newton, Limited, 1885. With Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for water colour painting, pencil, chalk, architectural drawing, &c.
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| Hicks, G. E. A guide to figure drawing , 1869
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3rd edition. London: George Rowney & Co., 1869. With a 20 page advertisement for George Rowney & Co.'s "System of Grinding
Colours by Machinery" and other products.
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| Laing, J. J. A companion to Manual of illumination: containing borders, capitals, texts, and detail finishings, &c. , 1871
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9th edition. London: Winsor and Newton, [1871]. (Spec ND 3310.B82 1871).
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| Lewis, Henry. The Principles of Perspective explained and applied, in a series of graduated exercises.
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London: George Rowney & Co., [n.d.]. With 20 pages of advertisement for George Rowney & Co. products at the end.
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| Martel, Charles. The principles of colouring in painting
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8th edition. With autograph notes by Dean. London: Winsor and Newton, 1872. With Winsor and Newton's list of water colours, drawing papers, water colour brushes....
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| Merrifield, Mary P. Handbook of light and shade: with especial especial reference to model drawing
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5th edition. London: G. Rowney & Co., [ca. 1880]. With advertisement for G. Rowney & Co. products at the end. (Spec NC 755
.M4 1880)
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| Merrifield, Mrs. Practical directions for portrait painting in water-colours
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7th edition. [no. 7]. With autograph notes by Dean. London: Winsor and Newton, 1857. With Winsor and Newton's List of colours and materials for drawing and water-colour painting.
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| Miles, Leonidas Clint. A guide to sketching from nature in water colours.
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London: G. Rowney, 1868. With A list of colours and materials for sketching in water colour, manufactured by George Rowney
& Company. (Spec ND 2241 .M54 1868)
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| Miles, Leonidas Clint. Water-colour painting, theoretical and practical with the art of sketching from nature |
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London: J. Barnard & Son, [n.d.]. With J. Barnard and Son's Price catalogue of materials for water colour painting, drawing, etc. [n.d.].
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| Noble, R. P. A guide to water colour painting
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13th edition. London: G. Rowney and Company, 1874. With advertisement for G. Rowney and Company products at the end. (Spec
ND 2135 .N6 1874)
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| Penley, Aaron. The elements of perspective: illustrated by numerous examples and diagrams. , 1870
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18th edition. London: Winsor and Newton, 1870. With Winsor and Newton advertisement at the end. (Spec NC 750 .P4 1870)
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| Penley, Aaron. The elements of perspective: illustrated by numerous examples and diagrams.
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[no. 13]. London: Winsor & Newton, Limited, [n.d.]. With Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for water colour painting, pencil, chalk, architectural drawing, &c. (1891).
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| Rintoul, A. N. A guide to painting photographic portraits, draperies, backgrounds, &c. in water colours, with concise instructions for tinting
paper, glass, & daguerreotype pictures and for painting photographs in oil colours and photo-chromography.
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7th edition. London: J. Barnard & Son, [187-?]. With Price catalogue of materials for water colour painting, drawing, &c....by J. Barnard & Son [n.d.].
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| Robertson, H.R. The art of etching explained and illustrated; with remarks on the allied processes of drypoint, mezzotint,
and aquatint
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[no. 33]. London: Winsor & Newton, Limited, 1883. With Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for water colour
paining, pencil, chalk, architectural drawing, &c. (1883).
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| Rowbotham, Thomas. The art of landscape-painting in water-colours.
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14th edition. [no. 3]. With autograph notes by Dean. London: Winsor and Newton, 1856. With Winsor and Newton's list of colours and materials for drawing and water-colour painting.
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| Rowbotham, Thomas. The art of sketching from nature.
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20th edition. [no. 2]. London: Winsor and Newton, 1856. With Winsor and Newton's list of colours and materials for oil painting.
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| Runciman, Mercy M. Rules of perspective explained, illustrated, and adapted to practical use
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2nd edition. [no. 35]. London: Winsor & Newton Limited, [n.d.]. With Thibault's General remarks on linear perspective and Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for water colour painting,
pencil, chalk, architectural drawing, &c. (1888).
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| Taylor, J. Scott. A descriptive handbook of Modern Water-Colour Pigments
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4th edition. London: Winsor and Newton, [n.d.]. [no.43]. With Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials. London: Winsor & Newton, 1888.
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| Templeton, J. S. and A. H. Wall. The guide to miniature painting, and colouring photographs; with a few words on portrait painting in water colours
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8th edition. London: George Rowney & Co., [n.d.]. With autograph notes by Dean. With 48 pages of advertisement for George
Rowney & Co. products at the end.
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| Templeton, J. S. A guide to oil painting. Part I. Elementary
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15th edition, revised. London: George Rowney & Company, [n.d.]. Title page missing. With autograph notes by Dean. With 48
pages of advertisement for George Rowney & Company products at the end.
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| Thibault, J. T. General remarks on linear perspective adapted from the French of J. T. Thibault
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London: Winsor & Newton, Limited, [n.d.]. With Runciman's Rules of perspective and Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for water colour painting, pencil, chalk, architectural
drawing, &c (1888).
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| Wallis, Charles. A dictionary of water-colour technique, principally adapted to the requirements of the landscape painter in water colours
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London: Winsor & Newton, Limited, 1885. 2nd edition. [no. 36]. With Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for water colour painting, pencil, chalk, architectural drawing, &c (1885).
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| Warren, Henry. Half-hour lectures on drawing and painting: chiefly practical given at Queen's College, &c. , 1876
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3rd edition. London: Winsor and Newton, 1876. [no. 1]. With Winsor & Newton's list of colours and materials for water colour painting, oil colour painting, pencil drawing, &c. [1876].
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| Warren, Henry. A treatise on figure drawing: containing hints on proportion, colour, and composition.
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London: Winsor and Newton, 1871. With Winsor and Newton's list of water colours, drawing papers, water colour brushes, and materials for water colour painting. (Spec NC 765 .W34 1871).
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| Weigall, Charles H. A guide to animal drawing, for the use of landscape painters.
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7th edition. London: George Rowney & Co., 1868. With pages 3-20 of the advertisement section with products by George Rowney
& Co.
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| Whiteford, S.T. A guide to figure painting in water-colours with illustrations and brushwork.
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London: George Rowney & Co., [n.d.]. With 20 pages of advertisement for products by George Rowney & Co.
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| Williams, W. Transparency painting on linen: for decorative purposes, panoramic and dioramic effects, ornamental blinds, &c.
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5th edition. London: Winsor and Newton, 1876. With Winsor & Newton's list of colours and materials for water colour painting, oil colour painting,
pencil drawing, &c. (Spec ND 1573 .W 1876).
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