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British canvas, stretcher and panel suppliers’ marks. Part 6, O to Y

This resource surveys suppliers’ marks and labels on the reverse of picture supports. This part is devoted to suppliers, O to Y, active between the 1830s and the 1930s.

Arranged alphabetically by supplier: Thomas Ordish, Charles Pearson, Pinnick Brothers, H.J. Pursey, Robert Rawcliffe, Arthur Rayner, John Reeves, T.C. Riordan, Leonard Sanders, Patrick Shea, John Sherborn/Sherborn & Co/Sherborn & Tillyer, J.H. Simpson, Charles Smith, J.B. Smith/John Bryce Smith Ltd, W.A. Smith, Alexander Spicker, James Tillyer, William Urquhart, Aug. Walker, Waring & Dimes, C.H. West, J.E. Williams, Cecil Wood/Wood & Co, Percy Young and Young & Marten. For information on individual suppliers, see British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 on this website.

Measurements of marks, given where known, are approximate and may vary according to the stretching or later conservation treatment of a canvas or the trimming of a label. Links are given to institutional websites where dimensions of works can be . Dates for businesses, partnerships and addresses are usually accurate to within a year. Square brackets are used to indicate indistinct or missing lettering in transcripts, with readings sometimes based on other examples.

Compiled by Jacob Simon, September 2017, updated February 2020, and based on the pioneering of Cathy Proudlove and the suppliers’ database created by Jacob Simon. With thanks to Dr Joyce Townsend for providing information on paintings in , to Nicola Costaras at the Victoria and Albert Museum and to John Payne, of Victoria, Melbourne.

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Thomas Ordish At 56 Brompton Row 1854-62 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - O

Illustrated: Stencil, 10.2 cm wide, oval, on canvas: James Webb, Simon’s Bath (Sotheby’s T. ORDISH , 28 January --- 1975, lot 159) MANUFACTURER, ~~ CORNER OF ~~ BROMPTON SQUARE LONDON

Charles Pearson In business 1860-94 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - P

Illustrated: Stencil, oval format, on canvas and stretcher: Sketch drawing made in 1973: J.B. Burgess, An Artist's Almsgiving, 1886 C. PEARSON (Reading City Museum) ARTISTS COLOURMAN 17 QUEENS TERRACE ST JOHNS WOOD

[at 17 Queens Terrace 1886-94]

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Illustrated (top): Stencil, 16 cm wide, on canvas: Source: Ann Ralls, diploma thesis on canvas CHAS. PEARSON stamps, University 17 QUEENS TERRACE College, London, 1995. ST. JOHNS WOOD N.W. Also found on: Alice Havers, 'But Mary kept [at 17 Queens Terrace 1886-94] all these things and pondered them in her heart', 1888 (Norwich Castle Museum) ^ thesis

Illustrated (bottom): Unknown artist, The Canova Monument at Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (with Daxer & Marschall, Munich, Sept. 2014)

^ Unknown artist (stencil partly obscured by stretcher)

Pinnick Brothers In business 1857 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - P

Illustrated: Stencil, 10.1 cm wide, on canvas: Source: Cobbe coll., see note 2. PINNICK BRO[s] ARTISTS COLORME[N] Carv[er]s, Gilder[s] AND FRAME MAKERS High Street CAMDEN

James Poole In business 1785-1801 See Part 1, 1785-1831 of this guide See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - P

Herbert John Pursey At this address 1906-35 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - P

Illustrated: Stamp, indistinct, on canvas: Lucien Pissarro, Ivy Cottage, Coldharbour: H. J. PURSEY, Sun and Snow, 1916 [PICTURE FRAME MAKER] & ARTISTS’ [COLOUR...] (Tate) 152, SHEPHERDS BUSH ROAD, , W.

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Robert Rawcliffe At this address 1844-52 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - R

Illustrated: Stencil, 13.0 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Joseph Wolf, Woodcock and Young Robin RAWCLIFFE (Sotheby’s Belgravia, MANUFACTURING unspecified sale), source: ARTISTS COLOURMAN Cobbe coll., see note 2. 26, [FITZROY] PLACE LONDON

Arthur Rayner At 35-36 Chenies c.1873-75, 32 Francis St c.1874-77, 26 Francis St 1878-92 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - R

Illustrated: Stencil on canvas: Unknown artist, Seascape with sailing Prepared By ship offshore (Private --- coll., June 2019) A. RAYNER. --- 35 & 36, Chenies Mews COURT ROAD -----

Illustrated: Stencil, 10 cm wide, largely oval format, on Abraham Hulk junr, canvas: Rustic Cottages (Sotheby's Belgravia, 25 PREPARED BY, November 1975, lot A. RAYNER. 200?) --- 32. FRANCIS ST ---

Illustrated: Stencil, largely oval format, on canvas: Unknown artist, Undescribed subject Prepared by (Private coll., August A. RAYNER. 2019) 26 FRANCIS ST.

Tottenham Ct Road

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John Reeves senr In business 1841-55 Followed by his wife, Ann, and son, John. See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - R Not to be confused with Reeves & Sons.

Illustrated (top): Stencil, 11.3 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: , Lear and Cordelia, 1848-9 J. REEVES. (Tate), see note 4. ARTISTS [CA]NVAS PRIMER 98 JOHN STREET Also found on: TOTTENHAM COURT R[D] John Pasmore, Highland Rams Fighting, [at 98 John St 1848-55] c.1850 (Victoria and Albert Museum)

^ Brown Illustrated (bottom): ‘Kirkby’, unspecified work, 1848 (Private coll.), source: Cobbe coll., see note 2.

^ Kirkby

Illustrated: Stencil, 12.2 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Ford Madox Brown, Jesus Washing Peter’s JOHN REEVES. Feet, watercolour on 98 JOHN STT. paper stretched over TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD canvas, 1857-8 (Tate) [at 98 John St 1848-55]

Illustrated: Stencil, 11.8 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Source: Cobbe coll., see note 2. JOHN REEVES --- ARTISTS COLORMAN 2 & 98 JOHN ST --- TOTTENHAM CT ROAD LONDON W

[‘2’ above and to right of ‘T’ of TOTTENHAM]

[at 2 & 98 John St 1851-55]

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Illustrated: Stencil, 10 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Joseph Thors, Snipe Shooting (Sotheby’s JOHN REEVES Belgravia, 20 May 1975, --- lot 130) ARTISTS COLORMAN 2 & 98 JOHN ST --- TOTTENHAM CT ROAD LONDON W

[‘2’ above and to left of ‘T’ of TOTTENHAM]

[at 2 & 98 John St 1851-55]

Illustrated: Stencil, 10.4 cm wide, on canvas: James Danby, Sunset on the Dutch Coast JOHN REEVES (Sotheby’s Belgravia, 11 ARTISTS COLORMAN November 1975, lot 12) 2. JOHN ST. TOTTENHAM COURT RD.

[at 2 John St 1851-56]

Illustrated: Stencil on canvas: Unkown artist, Portrait of Joseph Shepherd JOHN REEVES. (d.1862) (Private coll., ARTISTS COLORMAN , 2010, image 2. JOHN ST courtesy John Payne) TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD

[at 2 John St 1851-56]

John Reeves junr In business 1870-80 Successor to his mother, Ann Reeves See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - R

Illustrated: Stencil, 14.1 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Unspecified work, 1870, source: Cobbe coll., see JOHN REEVES note 2. --- ARTISTS COLORMAN 6. WHITFIELD ST Late John St --- TOTTENHAM CT ROAD. LONDON W

[at 6 Whitfield St 1870-80]

Illustrated: Stencil, 14.0 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Alfred Joseph Woolmer, A Wooded Landscape, JOHN REEVES 1873 (Christie’s, 25 April --- 1975, lot 137) ARTISTS COLORMAN. 6. WHITFIELD ST Late John St --- TOTTENHAM CT ROAD LONDON. W.

[at 6 Whitfield St 1870-80]

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Illustrated: Stencil, 11.7 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Source: Cobbe coll., see note 2. JOHN REEVES --- ARTISTS COLORMAN 6 WHITFIELD St --- TOTTENHAM CT. ROAD LONDON W

[‘6’ below ‘R’ of ARTISTS]

[at 6 Whitfield St 1870-80]

Illustrated: Stencil, oval format, on canvas: Source: ‘19th Century Prepared Artists’ Canvas JOHN REEVES based on research by ARTISTS COLORMAN Cathy Leach’, Antique 6.WHITFIELD ST. Finder, May 1973, p.33. TOTTENHAM CT. ROAD LONDON

[‘6’ below ‘A’ of ARTISTS]

[at 6 Whitfield St 1870-80]

Reeves & Sons In business as Reeves & Sons from 1830 See Part 7, Reeves & Sons of this guide See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - R Not to be confused with John Reeves (above)

Thomas Courtney In business 1851-67 Riordan See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - R

Illustrated: Stamp on canvas: Unspecified portrait (Private coll., 2011) PREPARED BY T. C. RIORDAN. 28 UPPER KING ST. SQUARE & 5 PLEASANT ROW PENTONVILLE

[at these addresses 1856-57]

Charles Roberson, In business as Charles Roberson from 1819 See Part 8, Roberson & Co of this guide Charles Roberson & Co See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - R

Rowney & Forster, George In business as Rowney & Forster from 1815 See Part 9, Rowney & Co of this guide Rowney & Co See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - R

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Leonard Sanders In business 1912-15 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S

Illustrated: Stamp on canvas: C.R.W. Nevinson, The Strafing, 1916 (Ivor Braka LEONARD SANDERS Ltd, 1999) ARTISTS DEPÔT [PREPARE]D? CANVAS? Also found on: 1[4? CIRCUS?] ROAD J.W. Waterhouse, The ST JO[HN'S W]OOD, N.W. Enchanted Garden, exh.1917 (Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight)

Patrick Shea In business from 1871; moved several times See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S

Illustrated: Stencil, 8.4 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Edwin H. Boddington, Wooded River Landscape P. SHEA. (Christie’s, 13 February ARTISTS 1976, lot 113) COLORMAN 21. WARREN ST Tottenham Ct Rd LONDON

[first at 21 Warren St 1871-74]

Illustrated: Stencil, 13.2 cm wide, on canvas: Source: Cobbe coll., see note 2. P. SHEA ARTISTS COLORMAN. 21, WARREN ST., Tottenham Ct. Road LONDON. W

[first at 21 Warren St 1871-74]

Illustrated: Stencil, 10.7 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Frederick William Hulme, A Rocky Wooded River -- P SHEA -- Landscape, 1876 ARTISTS COLORMAN (Christie's, 25 April 1975, --127-- lot 79) WHITFIELD ST LATE OF Also found on: Warren Street Frank E. Cox, Faithful, 1875 Tottenham Ct Road (Bonham’s, , LONDON W 12 November 2019, lot 82) [at 127 Whitfield St 1875-82]

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Illustrated: Stencil, 10.2 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Alphonse Legros, Edward Burne-Jones, 1879 P. SHEA. (Victoria and Albert ARTISTS COLORMAN. Museum) 127 WHITFIELD ST. Also found on: --- Arthur Batt, Good Tottenham Ct. Road Companions, 1880 LONDO[N W] (Southampton Art Gallery) [at 127 Whitfield St 1875-82]

Illustrated: Stencil, oval format, on canvas: Sydney Starr, Study in Blue and Grey, 1891 P. SHEA. (Tate) ARTISTS COLORMAN 21, WARREN ST LATE OF WHITFIELD ST. TOTTENHAM CT. ROAD LONDON [W]

[at 21 Warren St a second time 1883-97]

Illustrated: Stencil, oval format, on canvas: Arthur Dodd, Who’s for the Chop (Sotheby's P. SHEA, Belgravia, 21 October ARTISTS COLORMAN, 1975, lot 88) 21. WARREN STT. --W-- Also found on: TOTTENHAM COURT RD. William Henry Pike, Bandits, LONDON. 1889 (Case Antiques Inc, 14 July 2018, lot 333) [at 21 Warren St a second time 1883-97]

Illustrated: Stencil, 11.8 cm wide, on canvas: John Trivett Nettleship, Rich Spoil, 1893 P. SHEA (Christie's, 25 April 1975, ARTISTS COLORMAN lot 39) 21 WARREN ST. TOTTENHAM CT. R Also found on: LONDON. W Edgar Bundy, An Interesting Stranger, 1891 (Sotheby's [at 21 Warren St a second time 1883-97] Belgravia, 25 March 1975, lot 85)

Illustrated: Stencil, 10.0 cm wide, on canvas: Alfred A. Glendening, Manar Water, near P. SHEA, Kenmay (Christie's, 25 ARTISTS' COLORMAN, April 1975, lot 17) 56, FIT[ZRO]Y ST., TOT. COU[RT R]D., For examples, 1902-17, LONDON, W. see note 5. [at 56 Fitzroy St 1898-1925]

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Illustrated: Stamp on canvas: Duncan Grant, Composition with Hat, P. SHEA, Dove and Fruit, 1925 A[RTISTS' COLORMA]N, (Victoria and Albert 4, FITZROY STREET Museum) TOT[TENHAM COUR]T RD LONDON, W.

[at 4 Fitzroy St 1926-37]

John Sherborn Supplier so named 1820-47 For the successor business, Sherborn & See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S Co, see below

Illustrated: Stamp, within oval, on canvas: J.M.W. Turner, Steamer and Lightship: Study for I. SHERBORN ‘The Fighting Temeraire, 321. c.1838-9 (Tate, N05478) ST.

Sherborn & Co Supplier so named by 1842, possibly before For the successor business, Sherborn & See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S Tillyer, see below

Illustrated: Stencil, 7.2cm wide, oval format, on canvas: J.M.W. Turner, Sun Setting over a Lake, [J.] SHERBORN & [Co] c.1840? (Tate, N04665) --- ARTIST COLORMEN Also found on: --- J.M.W. Turner, Stormy Sea [3]21 OXFORD [ST.] with Dolphins, c.1835-40 (Tate, N04664)

J.M.W. Turner, The Disembarkation of Louis- Philippe at Gosport, 1844, c.1844–5 (Tate, N04660)

Illustrated: Stencil, 7.6 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: J.M.W. Turner, Seascape with Buoy, c.1840 (Tate, J. SHERBORN & [Co] N05477) Artist Colormen OXFORD ST.

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Illustrated: Stencil, 8.0 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Stephen Pearce, The Arctic Council planning a J. SHERBORN & C[O] search for Sir John Artist Colormen Franklin, 1851 (National ~ 321 ~ Portrait Gallery), stretcher OXFORD ST. supplied by Thomas Brown.

Sherborn & Tillyer Supplier so named 1847-62 For the successor business, James Tillyer, See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S see below

Illustrated: Stencil, 8.6cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Henry Bright, A Shipwreck in a Storm, SHERBORN & TILLYER 1856 (Christie's, 25 July --- 1975, lot 152) ARTISTS COLORMEN --- Also found on: 321. . Henry Bright, Orford Castle, 1856 (Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery)

Illustrated: Stencil, 8.1 cm wide, oval format, in centre of English school, Ship in canvas: Stormy Sea ( Auctions, 3 October SHERBORN & TILLYER 2018, lot 295) --- ARTISTS COLOURMEN --- 321. OXFORD S[T]

John Henry Simpson Supplier in business by 1837-54 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S

Illustrated: Stencil on panel: J.F. Herring senr, Birmingham, Winner of [Prepared] the 1830 St Leger, [by] undated (Christie’s, South J.H. SIMPSON, , 7 July 2016, ARTIST COLOURMAN lot 263) ~~ 54 ~~ LONDON ROAD Another stamp is known, image unavailable, similar wording but oval format.

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Illustrated: Label, torn, on panel: J.F. Herring senr, Charles XII, Winner of the I.H. SIMPSON, St Leger and Gold Cup, Artists Colourman. , 1839 54 (Sotheby’s, 12 December London Road 2018, lot 42) Southwark

Also found on: J.F. Herring senr, Coronation, winner of the Derby, 1841, undated (Christie’s, , 7 July 2016, lot 263), label torn

William Simpson At this address 1846-1851 or later See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S

Illustrated: Stencil, about 7.8cm wide, oval format, at Unknown artist, centre of canvas: Landscape ‘Crimea mountains', undated W. SIMPSON, (ebay, September 2017, Artist Col[ou]rman. item 302453123649) 1, PORTMAN PLACE EDGEWARE ROAD Artists s[upp]lied with ev[ery] Req[uisite]

Smith & Warner In business by 1800-1825 See Part 1, 1785-1831 of this guide. For the See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S successor business, Charles Smith, see below

Charles Smith In business as Charles Smith c.1824-46 Successor to Smith & Warner See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S

Illustrated: Stamp, indistinct, oval format, on canvas: After Carlo Dolci, Mary Magalen (with J.D. C. SMITH Marshall Antiques, 2011) [Artists] C[olourman] [...... ]

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Illustrated: Label, 6.5 cm wide, on stretcher or frame: David Cox, Windermere, 1844 (Birmingham CHARLES SMITH, Museums Trust) (LATE SMITH AND WARNER) No. 34, Mary-le-bone Street, Piccadilly, Manufacturer of Prepared Cloths, Panels, and MILL BOARDS, For Artists; and every requisite for the Fine Arts.

[Charles Smith at this address 1826-46]

Illustrated: Label on board?: Unspecified painting (Private coll.) C. SMITH [(Late] Smith and Warner) MANUFACTURER OF PREPARED [PA]PER, MILLBOARDS, []ELS, CLOTHS AND TICKENS, And every [Ma]terial for Drawing and Painting, 34, STREET, PICCADILLY, Behind the Quadrant, Regent St LONDON.

^ [best available image]

Illustrated: Label, torn, 4.8 cm wide, on board: F. Calvert, The Farewell (Christie’s, 16 July 1976, --- lot 184) --- Artists' Rep[ository] 34, Marylebone St., Quadr[ant] , LONDON.

John Bryce Smith In business 1883-1921 For the successor business, John Bryce See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S Smith Ltd, see below

Illustrated: Stamp, 9 cm wide, on mahogany or similar William A. Breakspeare, hardwood, at centre of panel: Wistful (Bonham’s, Knightsbridge, 12 JOHN B SMITH November 2019, lot 66) ARTISTS COLORMAN FRAMEMAKER[?] & IMPORTER[?] 117 ROAD[?] LONDON

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Illustrated: Stamp, 7.8 cm wide, on canvas: Joseph Mordecai, Sir Arthur Pinero, exh.1891, J. B. SMITH (National Portrait Gallery) 117 RD LONDON NW Also found on: Arthur Hacker, Christ and the Magdalene, 1890 (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool)

Illustrated: Stencil, 10.0 cm wide, on canvas: G. Wright, Sinnington Pasture, 1898 (Christie's, JOHN BRYCE SMITH. 25 July 1975, lot 89) 117 HAMPSTEAD RD. LONDON N.W.

Illustrated: Stencil, 10.0 cm wide, on canvas: G. Wright, Sinnington Hounds, 1902 (Christie's, JOHN BRYCE SMITH. 25 July 1975, lot 90) 117 HAMPSTEAD RD. LONDON N.W.

[different lettering; ‘117’ further to left]

Illustrated: Stencil, 12.1 cm wide, on canvas: John Byam Shaw, Boer War, Last Summer FROM Things Were Greener, JOHN BRYCE SMITH. 1901 (Birmingham 117 HAMPSTEAD RD Museums Trust) LONDON N.W

Also found on: [upright lettering; ‘FROM’ is sometimes added Lucy Kemp-Welch, Horses top left] bathing in the Sea, 1900

(National Gallery of Victoria, [found on works dated 1900-04] Melbourne). Click for an image of stencil. Illustrated: Stamp, 11.0 cm wide, in form of decorative Source: Cobbe coll., see scroll, on canvas: note 2. JOHN B. SMITH ARTISTS COLORMAN? MANUFACTUR[ER…...... ] 117, HAMPSTEAD [RD.] LONDON, N.W.

Illustrated: Stamp, 9.3 cm wide, on canvas: Edwin Roberts, unspecified work, source: JOHN B SMITH Cobbe coll., see note 2. [------?] [M]ANU[FACTURER]? ------? 117, HA[MPSTEAD R]D, LONDON, N.W.

[very close to the above and perhaps identical despite lack of border] Supplier, work details Supplier dates, mark transcripts Product marks (not to uniform scale)

Illustrated: Stamp, 4.8 cm wide, on canvas: Source: Cobbe coll., see note 2. JOHN B. SMITH, 117, HAMPSTEAD ROAD, N.W. Also found on: LONDON. George Sheridan Knowles, Charity, 1906 (Christie’s, 13 [smaller size stamp] February 1976, lot 20)

Illustrated (top): Stamp on canvas: Frederick Michael, Ethel 28 Irving as Lady Frederick Berolles, c.1907 (Victoria Stamp, 11.5 cm wide, on canvas: and Albert Museum) JOHN B. SMITH, Illustrated (bottom): 117, HAMPSTEAD RD, N.W. Unspecified work, source: LONDON. Cobbe coll., see note 2. [‘28’ is described as ‘Best Single Primed Bold Also found, without ‘28’ Grain’ British canvas in the business’s May ^ Michael canvas number, on: 1932 price list] Alvaro Guevara, Dame Edith Sitwell, 1916 (Tate), indistinct

Rodney J. Burn, By the Lake, 1922 (Tate)

^ Unspecified

Illustrated: Printed label: Charles Buchel, Sir John Martin-Harvey, 1918, John B. Smith, drawing (National Portrait 117, HAMPSTEAD ROAD, Gallery), frame label London, N.W.

Phone 2085 MUSEUM.

Illustrated: Printed label, 14.9 cm wide, on board: William Weekes (1856- 1909), Lost in translation SMITH’S (Bonhams, Knightsbridge, Specially Prepared Boards 3 July 2018, lot 49) FOR PROCESS WORK, Made in Quarter, Half, and Imperial Sizes, Also found with ‘O. W. COVERED WITH Paper’ in place of Whatman’s Paper ‘Whatman’s Paper’, and with 117, HAMPSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, N.W. small differences in typeface Factories: 2 & 3, of Wales Place.

Illustrated: Stamp impressed in millboard: Pierre Troubetskoy, William Gladstone, 1893 SMITH, 117, HAMPSTEAD RD (National Portrait Gallery)

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John Bryce Smith Ltd In business as John Bryce Smith Ltd 1922-65 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S

Illustrated: Printed label, 10 cm wide, lower right corner of Unknown artist, close to canvas board: School, Rural Landscape with J. Bryce Smith Ltd., Trees (Howard Goode) 117, HAMPSTEAD ROAD, London, N.W.1.

Phone MUSEUM 2085

Illustrated: Stamp on canvas: Henry Lamb, The Artist’s Wife, 1933 (Tate) PREPARED CANVAS J. BRYCE SMITH LTD Also found on: [11]7, HAMPSTEAD RD LONDON N.[W.1.] C.R.W. Nevinson, , Twilight, c.1920 (Private coll.), also stamped: FRENCH CANVAS

N. Smith Perhaps Nathaniel Smith See Part 1, 1785-1831 of this guide

W.A. Smith At this address 1871-80; also trading from Nottingham See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S

Illustrated: Label, damaged, linear border, on stretcher: Walter Crane, The Renaissance of Venus, ARTIST’S COLOURMAN 1877 (Tate) W.A. SMITH LATE JOSEPH G[REEN] CARVER & GILD[ER] Also found on: ESTABLISHMENT [FOR PACKING] Edward Clifford, George FINE [ARTS] Gibbs, Baron Wraxall, 14 CHARLES STR[EET, Hospital.] Anthony Gibbs and Albina [W.] Gibbs, 1878 (Tyntesfield,

National Trust)

Illustrated: Stamp, 6 cm wide, double oval, on canvas: George Frederic Watts, Mrs Arthur Sassoon, [outer ring:] 1882 (Tate) CARVER & GILDER ARTISTS’ COLOURS [centre:] W.A. SMITH 14, CHARLES STREET MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL W.

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Alexander Spicker At this address 1881-84 Successor to John Reeves, see above See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S

Illustrated: Stencil, 11.8 cm wide, rounded top, on canvas: Source: Cobbe coll., see note 2. ALEX . SPICKER LATE J.REEVES. Artists Colorman 6. WHITFIELD ST. TOTTENHAM CT. ROAD LONDON

James Tillyer In business 1861-83 Successor to Sherborn & Tillyer, see See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - S above; later from 1884 James Tillyer & Co under Sherborn

Illustrated: Stencil, 12.8 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Source: Cobbe coll., see note 2. J. TILLYER ----- ARTISTS COLORMAN 321 OXFORD ST.

[at 321 Oxford St 1861-81]

William Urquhart At these addresses 1884-1908 and later See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - U

Illustrated: Stamp on canvas: Thomas Somerscales, Hove-to for a Pilot, off the W. URQUHART River Plate, 1895 (Private 157, HIGH STREET coll., information from GATE Gibbs Appraisals Ltd, 327, RD, LONDON W. Ottawa, May 2013) Canvas [??] ……..

Illustrated: Stamp on canvas: ‘Briscoe’, Moorland Cattle 1906, source: Cathy W. URQUHART, Proudlove, see note 2. , LONDON W.

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Aug. Walker In business 1897-1922 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - W

Illustrated: Stamp on canvas: Frederick Lewis, Hugh Reginald Haweis, 1913 AUG. WALKER, (National Portrait Gallery) 118, NEW , W.

William Ward In business 1773-88 See Part 1, 1785-1831 of this guide See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - W

Waring & Dimes In business 1840-42 Successor to Cowen & Waring, followed by See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - C Dimes & Elam, see Part 2, A to D of this under Cowen & Waring guide

Illustrated: Stencil, 9.4 cm wide, oval format, on panel: William Henry Knight, Children outside a WARING & DIMES, Cottage (Christie’s, 16 MANUFACTURERS, July 1976, lot 130) 91 Gt. Russell St. LONDON.

Illustrated: Stencil, 10.6 cm wide, on canvas: ‘Morland’, A Shepherd (Sotheby's Belgravia, 8 WARING & DIMES, July 1975, lot 83) MANUFACTURERS, 91, Gt Russell St. Also found on: BLOOMSBURY, Joseph Court, Pauline LONDON. Hortet, 1844, partly hidden by stretcher bar, additionally stamped: ‘India Rubber Prepared/ CANVAS’ (Private coll., , repr. Labreuche, fig.4, see note 6) Illustrated: Label, 9.8 cm wide, linear border, on board: Edward Pritchett, Figures on the Piazzetta, Venice IMPROVED (Christie’s, 16 July 1976, MILLED BOARDS AND PANELS, lot 45) FOR OIL PAINTING, PREPARED BY WARING AND DIMES, 91, GT. RUSSELL ST. BLOOMSBURY, LONDON. [not line-for-line:] Manufacturers of Improved India Rubber Canvas, Superfine Oil and/ Water Colors, and every requisite for the Fine Arts.

Charles Henry West In business 1895-1947 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - W

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Illustrated: Stencil on canvas: Arthur Streeton, Nasturtiums, 1912 C. H. WEST (National Gallery of 115, Victoria, Melbourne) N.W Click on link for a larger image of stencil. [at 115 Finchley Road 1895-1901]

Illustrated: Stamp on canvas: , George Smith, 1901 (National CHAS. H. WEST, Portrait Gallery) 115, FINCHLEY ROAD.

Illustrated: Stamp, 9.8 cm wide, on canvas: Denis Eden, Still Life of Flowers, 1908 (Sotheby's CHAS. H. WEST, Belgravia, 11 March 117, FINCHLEY ROAD. 1975, lot 132) [at 117 Finchley Road 1902-47]

Illustrated: Label, with rampant lion, annotated in pen Charles Sims, The Sands 754/3, on stretcher: at Dymchurch, c.1920-2 (Tate) Telephone–HAMPSTEAD 465. From CHAS. H. WEST, Artists’ Colourman & Picture Frame Maker.

Illustrated: Stamp, within oval, on stretcher bar: Philippe Ledoux, Sir William Reid Dick, exh. CHAS. H. WEST 1934 (National Portrait Artists Colorman Gallery) & Picture Framer 117 FINCHLEY RD., LONDON, N.W.3 Also found on canvas: Stanislawa De Karlowska, [at 117 Finchley Road, with postal code NW3 Berkeley Square, c.1935 1917-47] (Tate)

John Wikey In business 1822-38 For Wikey see Part 1, 1785-1831 of this guide; See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - W followed by Joseph Harvey, see Part 5, E to N.

John Elkins Williams At 4 Church St, Kensington, 1900-13 Probably John Elkins Williams, rather than See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - W his father, Albert Williams

Illustrated: Stamp, palette-shaped, on canvas: Joseph Wolf, unspecified work, source: Cobbe coll., THE GOLDEN PALATTE see note 2. WILLIAMS ARTISTS’ COLORMAN FAMILY OILMAN CHURCH STR? KENSINGTON

Supplier, work details Supplier dates, mark transcripts Product marks (not to uniform scale)

Winsor & Newton Ltd In business since 1832 For this business’s marks, see Parts 10 and See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - W 11 and note 7.

Cecil William Wood In business 1861-71 Followed by Wood & Co, see below See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - W

Illustrated: Stencil, oval format, 11.5 cm wide, on canvas: S.J. Clark, unspecified work, 1872, source: FROM Cobbe coll., see note 2. CECIL W WOOD ---- 190 --- LONDON SW

Wood & Co In business 1872-89 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - W

Illustrated: Stencil on canvas: Frederick Barwell, William Bell Scott, 1877 (National FROM Portrait Gallery) WOOD & Co 190 BROMPTON ROAD LONDON SW

Illustrated: Stencil, oval format, on canvas: Edward Poynter, Outward Bound, 1886 (Tate) FROM WOOD & Co. For examples, 1882-86, -- 190 – see note 8. BROMPTON ROAD -- -- LONDON S.W.

Percy Young In business 1882-1920 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - Y

Illustrated: Stamp, 11.4 cm wide, on canvas: A. Dodd, unspecified work, 1886, source: [image of University College, Young’s trade mark] Cobbe coll., see note 2. PERCY YOUNG SLADE SCHOOL FINE ART DEPÔT Also found on: 137, Gower Street, Charles Thomas Burt London. W.C. (d.1902), Ducks rising from a Windswept Lock (Sotheby’s Belgravia, 7 May 1974, lot 199) Supplier, work details Supplier dates, mark transcripts Product marks (not to uniform scale)

Ilustrated: Stamp, 7.3 cm wide, on canvas: Mark Gertler, The Tea Pot, 1918 (Tate) PERCY YOUNG, GOWER STREET, Also found on: LONDON. , George C. W.C. Beresford, 1905 (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne) Click for an image of stamp.

Gilbert Spencer, The Crucifixion, 1915 (Tate)

Illustrated: Stamp impressed in stretcher: , The Moon and Sleep, 1894 YOUNG GOWER ST. LONDON. W.C.

(Tate), with another stamp, see below. ^ rubbing

Illustrated: Stamp, second line 4.3 cm wide, impressed in Mark Gertler, Merry-Go- stretcher: Round, 1916 (Tate) YOUNG Illustrated below: 137 GOWER ST WC William Orpen, Lottie and the Baby, 1907 (Walker

Art Gallery)

Also found on: Simeon Solomon, The Moon and Sleep, 1894 (Tate), with another stamp, see above.

William Orpen, Night (no. 2), 1907 (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne) Click for an image of stamp, same or very similar.

Young & Marten In business as Young & Marten by 1884-99 Followed by Young & Marten Ltd See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - Y

Illustrated: Mark on canvas: Image unavailabe Harold Percival, The Ship 'Zuleika' of Leith, 1897 YOUNG & MARTEN (Trinity House, Maritime DEALER IN Museum, Leith, ARTISTS’ MATERIALS Edinburgh, information AT STORE PRICES from Ailsa Murray, 2010) STRATFORD LONDON E …

Notes

For an historical survey with time chart and map, see Cathy Proudlove, ‘Technical focus: suppliers’ marks and labels’, The Picture Restorer: The Journal of the British Association of Painting Conservator-Restorers, no.55, autumn 2019.

1. Acknowledgments: With thanks to Dr Joyce Townsend for providing information on paintings in Tate, collected by members of the Tate Conservation Department since the 1970s, Dr Tim Moreton, who for many years recorded canvas markings on the reverse of portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, and Nicola Costaras for access to conservation files at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Thanks also to Cyndie Lack for providing images. 2. Earlier research: In the early 1970s, Cathy Proudlove (née Leach) distributed copies of her unpublished list of artists’ colourmen. In the course of her professional career at the former Area Museums Service for South East and with Norfolk Museums Service, Cathy has seen and recorded, or been sent by professional colleagues, details of many suppliers’ marks and labels, some from private collections. She has published on the subject: ‘19th Century Prepared Artists’ Canvases’, Antique Collecting, July 1973, pp.2-4, and ‘London Artists’ Colourmen. Part I: A to D’, The Picture Restorer, no.10, autumn 1996. For a period, 1974-77, Alec Cobbe arranged for marks on paintings in sales at Sotheby’s Belgravia and Christie’s to be photographed (see his article on Winsor & Newton, Studies in Conservation, vol.21, no.2, May 1976, p.94). The photographs were later acquired by the late Richard Kissack, who planned to publish a book. Eventually he gave them to Cathy Proudlove, and images deriving from this collection have been reproduced when an image from a public collection has not been found. This applies especially to some of the smaller suppliers. It has not always proved possible to identify the particular painting photographed in the sale room. The use of a question mark following a lot number indicates slight uncertainty in an identification. 3. Courtauld Institute database: A searchable database, Courtauld - Colourmen Online, was launched in 2011 and was frequently consulted in the preparation of the current compilation. 4. John Reeves: Ford Madox Brown recorded getting millboards and canvas for studies from Reeves in October 1847 (see Virginia Surtees (ed.), The Diary of Ford Madox Brown, 1981, p.10). 5. Patrick Shea, under Alfred Glendening: Examples of the stamp can be found on pictures dating to 1902- 17: Alfred A. Glendening, The Thames at Marlow, 1902 (Bonham's, 17 November 1994, lot 78), Walter Richard Sickert, Mrs Barrett, 1906 (Courtauld Institute of Art, see Courtauld - Colourmen Online database) and Walter Richard Sickert, Ennui, c.1917-18 (Ashmolean Museum). 6. Waring & Dimes: See Pascal Labreuche, ‘India Rubber Painting Grounds in Britain and France in the Nineteenth Century’, Studies in Conservation, vol.56, 2011, pp.14-30. 7. Winsor & Newton: For this business’s canvas marks, see Alec Cobbe, ‘Colourmen's Canvas Stamps as an Aid to Dating Paintings: A Classification of Winsor and Newton Canvas Stamps from 1839-1920’, Studies in Conservation, vol.21, no.2, 1976, pp.85-94, available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/1505750 , and Rosamond D. Harley, Artists' Prepared Canvases from Winsor & Newton 1928-1951, Studies in Conservation, vol.32, no.2, 1987, pp.77-85, available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/1506295 . 8. Wood & Co, under Edward Poynter: Examples of the stamp can be found on pictures dating to 1882-86: Charles Lutyens, Hunting Scene, 1882 (Private coll., see note 2), Sydney Prior Hall, The Three Daughters of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, 1883 (National Portrait Gallery, information from Polly Saltmarsh) and Edward Poynter, Outward Bound, 1886 (Tate).

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