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Pigments

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  • Pigments: a water-powered multiple pestle mill for crushing madder plants. Engraving.
  • Pigments: a mill for grinding colours, and an indigo grinding mill. Engraving by H. Mutlow.
  • Pigments: mills for grinding colours, and a man grinding at a muller, with a ventilator hood above. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.
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Catalogue

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    The materials of the painter's craft in Europe and Egypt : from earliest times to the end of the XVIIth century, with some account of their preparation and use / [Arthur Pillans Laurie].

    Laurie, A. P. (Arthur Pillans), 1861-1949. | Date: 1910
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    Pigments: a mill for grinding colours, and an indigo grinding mill. Engraving by H. Mutlow.

    | Date: 1824 | Reference: 45420i
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    The art of all colours : mediaeval recipe books for painters and illuminators / Mark Clarke.

    Clarke, Mark, 1962- | Date: 2001
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    Notes on the composition and permanence of artists' colours / Winsor & Newton.

    Winsor & Newton. | Date: [between 1970 and 1979?]
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    Paint & painting : an exhibition and working studio sponsored by Winsor & Newton to celebrate their 150th anniversary / the Tate Gallery.

    Tate Gallery. | Date: 1982
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