Watercolour Paper
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0275
- Date
- c. 1923
- Material
- paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0275
- Description
- A green-ish booklet of watercolour papers. Stapled at the left side, the text on the front of the booklet reads “Nicholson’s Peerless Japanese Transparent Water Colors” (in a decorative font), “COMPLETE EDITION” “FIFTEEN COLORS” (on the right side), along the bottom “ “THE SELF-BINDING COLORS” ”. T…
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- Title
- Watercolour Paper
- Date
- c. 1923
- Material
- paper;
- Dimensions
- 8.8 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- A green-ish booklet of watercolour papers. Stapled at the left side, the text on the front of the booklet reads “Nicholson’s Peerless Japanese Transparent Water Colors” (in a decorative font), “COMPLETE EDITION” “FIFTEEN COLORS” (on the right side), along the bottom “ “THE SELF-BINDING COLORS” ”. There is a stamp of a mythical creature in black. On the back side of the booklet, “THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY” “PEERLESS” “JAPANESE TRANSPARENT WATER COLORS” “THE WORLD-FAMOUS” “SELF-BLENDING WATER COLORS”, a signature “Chas. F. Nicholson” in a fancy cursive font, and vertically along the spine “MADE IN U.S.A.” The inside of the booklet features many pages with information on the product, instructions to use, and a price sheet for more products. There are fifteen colours in the booklet, “BRILLIANT YELLOW” “DEEP YELLOW” “ORANGE YELLOW” “FLESH TINT” “GERANIUM PINK” “JAPONICA SCARLET” “ROYAL CRIMSON” “MAHOGANY BROWN” “SEPIA BROWN” “LIGHT GREEN” “DARK GREEN” “SKY BLUE” “DARK BLUE” “WISTARIA VIOLET” “PEARL GRAY”. In between each piece of watercolour paper, is a normal sheet of paper with information on each colour and Japanese (?) script. Some colours have been used, such as the yellows, greens and blues.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0275
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Watercolour Paper
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0276
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0276
- Description
- A bright yellow booklet of watercolour papers. Stapled at the left side, the text on the front of the booklet reads “KODAK” (in red block print), “TRANSPARENT WATER COLOR STAMPS” with a red and black stripe on left and right side of the text, “MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY” “EASTMAN KODAK COMP…
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- Title
- Watercolour Paper
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Material
- paper;
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 21.4 cm
- Description
- A bright yellow booklet of watercolour papers. Stapled at the left side, the text on the front of the booklet reads “KODAK” (in red block print), “TRANSPARENT WATER COLOR STAMPS” with a red and black stripe on left and right side of the text, “MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY” “EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY” “TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.” and a yellow sticker with text “SOLE IMPORTER INTO CANADA” “CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED” “TORONTO”. On the back of the booklet are numbers that have been stamped out in a dot pattern, only read from the inside of the back page “ 450105”. The inside of the booklet features many pages with information on the product and instructions to use. There are twelve colours in the booklet, “LIGHT YELLOW” “DEEP YELLOW” “FLESH TINT” “BRILLIANT RED” “SCARLET” “SEPIA BROWN” “FOLIAGE GREEN” “DEEP GREEN” “LIGHT BLUE” “DARK BLUE” VIOLET” “STONE GRAY”. In between each piece of watercolour paper, is a piece of wax paper. The watercolour pages are perforated to be easier to tear. Brilliant red and stone gray are the only two colours used, one piece.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0276
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