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Dyer's recipe book, c. 1833, manuscript containing formulations for various dyes, National Gallery of Art Library, David K. E. Bruce Fund]; receiptbook.jpg
[Receipt book], c. 1830, contains numerous recipes for polishes, varnishes and inks including polish for Turner's works, French polish, furniture oils, etc., National Gallery of Art Library, David K. E. Bruce Fund

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Henry Brooks & Co., Painters' Brushware, London, c. 1850, trade catalog with 110 chromolithographic plates, National Gallery of Art Library, David K. E. Bruce Fund

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Winsor & Newton, Manufacturing Artists' Colourmen, London, c. 1895, illustrated trade catalogue, National Gallery of Art Library, David K. E. Bruce Fund

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John Wilson Carmichael, 1799–1868, The Art of Marine Painting in Water-colours, London: Winsor and Newton, c. 1900, One shilling hand-books on art, no. 5, 22nd edition, bound with Winsor & Newton's Catalogue of colours and materials for oil and water colour painting, pencil, chalk, and architectural drawing, &c., National Gallery of Art Library, Gift of Robert L. Feller and Ruth M. Johnston Feller

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Edward Groom, The Art of Transparent Painting on Glass for the Magic Lantern, London: Winsor and Newton, c. 1860, One shilling hand-books on art, no. 26, 13th edition, bound with Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials, National Gallery of Art Library, Gift of the Circle of the National Gallery of Art

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Perran Garnier, Manual of Painting on Glass for the Magic Lantern, London: J. Barnard & Son, c. 1880, bound with Catalogue of colour and materials for painting on glass, patent enamel, magic lantern slides, etc., National Gallery of Art Library, Gift of Robert L. Feller and Ruth M. Johnston Feller

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Mary Philadelphia Merrifield, c. 1804–1889, Handbook of Light and Shade, London: George Rowney and Company, c. 1900, Treatises on the fine arts, no. 13, 15th edition, with publisher's advertisements at end, National Gallery of Art Library, Gift of Robert L. Feller and Ruth M. Johnston Feller

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George Rowney & Co., Manufacturers of Artists' Colours, Blacklead and Coloured Pencils, Artists' Brushes, Tracing Paper, Japanned Tin Ware, Drawing Boards, Easels, Mathematical Insturments, &c., and Art Publishers and Printers, London, 1913, wholesale catalogue, National Gallery of Art Library, Gift of Robert L. Feller and Ruth M. Johnston Feller

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F.W. Devoe & C.T. Raynolds Company, Priced Catalogue of Artists' Materials, New York, c. 1900, trade catalogue, National Gallery of Art Library, David K. E. Bruce Fund

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Frédéric-Auguste-Antoine Goupil, 1817–1878, Pastel Painting Simplified and Perfected, Philadelphia: F. Weber & Co., c. 1890, 3rd edition, with publisher’s advertisements bound in at the end, National Gallery of Art Library, David K. E. Bruce Fund

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Faber-Castell, Preis-Liste der Bleistift-Fabrik, Stein bei Nürnberg, c. 1908, trade catalogue, National Gallery of Art Library, David K. E. Bruce Fund

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Vereinigte Pinsel-Fabriken Nürnberg: Praterstrasse 19/21, Nürnberg, c. 1922, trade catalogue, National Gallery of Art Library, David K. E. Bruce Fund

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Pitet ainé et fils, Echantillons de pinceaux et brosses pour tous les genres de peinture, Paris, c. 1890, trade catalogue, National Gallery of Art Library, David K. E. Bruce Fund

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G. Sennelier, Art du cuivre et de l'étain cuir repoussé, Paris, 1909, trade catalogue, National Gallery of Art Library, David K. E. Bruce Fund

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Thomas Gilks, The Art of Wood Engraving: a practical handbook, London: Winsor and Newton, 1871, One shilling hand-books on art, no. 29, 3rd edition, National Gallery of Art Library, David K. E. Bruce Fund

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John William Bradley, 1830–1916, Manual of Illumination on Paper and Vellum, London: Winsor and Newton, 1869, One shilling hand-books on art, no. 15, 17th edition, National Gallery of Art Library, Gift of Robert L. Feller and Ruth M. Johnston Feller

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Artists' Manuals and Material Catalogs Explored in National Gallery of Art Exhibition

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