colourman

Watercolor painters before c. 1800 had to make paints themselves using pigments purchased from an apothecary or specialized "colourman"; the earliest commercial paints were small, resinous blocks that had to be wetted and laboriously "rubbed out" in water.

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My colourman takes his bill out in drawings, and I think owes me a trifle.

The Newcomes 2006

This, however, must be a work of time, and depend, not upon the colourman -- for where there is a demand there will be a supply -- but upon the artists themselves.

Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field

Repeatedly have colours to be coaxed to behave themselves as pigments, coaxed not to 'run,' to work well, to dry well, &c.; and in the humouring of their likes and dislikes the skill and patience of the artist-colourman are sometimes severely taxed.

Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field

You can get the pieces of various sizes from any good artist's colourman, and you must look out for one that has as little grain as possible in the centre, because the space the face will occupy should be free from streaks that would be detrimental to the painting.

Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various

The old colourman had the strength of a lion in that great trunk of his, but he was helpless in the hands of the two experienced man-handlers.

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1927

The old colourman had the strength of a lion in that great trunk of his, but he was helpless in the hands of the two experienced man-handlers.

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1927

The old colourman had the strength of a lion in that great trunk of his, but he was helpless in the hands of the two experienced man-handlers.

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1927

The old colourman had the strength of a lion in that great trunk of his, but he was helpless in the hands of the two experienced man-handlers.

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1927

Mr Kipling as journalist and very efficient colourman in words has made much of India in his time.

Rudyard Kipling Palmer, John 1915