British Canvas, Stretcher and Panel Suppliers' Marks. Part 5, E to N
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British canvas, stretcher and panel suppliers’ marks. Part 5, E to N This resource surveys suppliers’ marks and labels on the reverse of picture supports. This part is devoted to London suppliers, E to N, active between the 1830s and the 1940s. Arranged alphabetically by supplier: William Eatwell, F.T. Edwards, David Evans, Richard and Charles Faulkner, Henry Flack, Green & Stone, Halford Bros/Charles Halford, Joseph Harvey, Hebden & Sons, Joseph/Julia Hill, A.B. Holt, Alfred Jeffries, Kemp & Co, E.S. Kennedy, Kensington Fine Art Society, F.W. King, H.S. King, J.W.L. & Co, Lechertier Barbe/& Co Ltd, H.E. Mealand, Henri Meunier/ & Co, Joseph Middleton, Thomas Miller/Miller & Co, W.H. Monk, William Müller, Joseph Nathan, Lionel Nathan & Co/Ltd, James Newman/Ltd. 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 found. 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 work of Cathy Proudlove and the suppliers’ database created by Jacob Simon. With thanks to Dr Joyce Townsend for providing information on paintings in Tate, to Nicola Costaras at the Victoria and Albert Museum and to John Payne, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Supplier, work details Supplier dates, mark transcripts Product marks (not to uniform scale) William Eatwell At this address 1855-76 Successor to Thomas Brown (see part 3 of See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - E this guide) and in turn followed by William Badger (see part 2) Illustrated: Stencil, indistinct, 6.4 cm wide, oval format, on Augustus Egg, A Scene canvas: from ‘The Taming of the Shrew’: Catherine and W. EATWELL. Petruccio, 1860 FROM BROWNS. (Christie’s, 14 May 1976, 49, DORSET ST. lot 5) BAKER ST. For examples, 1857-62, [‘EATWELL’ without serifs] see note 5. Illustrated: Stencil, 8.5cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Edwin Landseer, An Event in the Forest, 1864 W. EATWELL (Sotheby’s, Gleneagles FROM BROWNS. Hotel, 29 August 1975, lot ARTIST COLOURMAN 228) 49 DORSET ST. BAKER STT. [‘EATWELL’ with serifs] Supplier, work details Supplier dates, mark transcripts Product marks (not to uniform scale) Illustrated: Stencil, 8.7cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Michele Gordigiani, 1st Baron Westbury, c. 1866- W EATWELL 71 (National Portrait ARTIST COLOURMAN Gallery) [49] DORSET S[T] BAKER STT Also found on: David Wilkie Wynfield, [‘EATWELL’ with serifs; probably same stencil Death of George Villiers, as preceding with FROM BROWNS deleted] Duke of Buckingham, 1871 (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne) Click for an image of stencil. For examples, 1866-73, see note 6. Illustrated: Label, 5.0 cm wide, damaged, ruled lines top Edward William Cooke, and bottom, on edge of stretcher: Boat, near Venice, 1858 (Tate), with Thomas W EATWELL, Brown canvas stencil. 49 Dors[e]t St, Baker St. F.T. Edwards Artist and teacher See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - E Illustrated: Stencil, double oval belt-motif, 11.8 cm wide, Source: Cathy Proudlove, on canvas: see note 2. 91 PARK ST CAMDEN TOWN MR EDWARD’S Repository FOR ALL KINDS OF DRAWING MATERIALS [at 91 Park St 1860-69] Illustrated: Stencil, partly oval format with scrolls John Dawson Watson, G. containing wording at top, 12.5 cm wide, on Hayes, 1867 (Private canvas: coll.), see note 2. DRAWING/ MATERIALS Also found on: SUPPLIED/ IN EVERY VARIETY G. Hepper, Twenty Miles to FROM Cork, 1866 (Sotheby's MR F. T. EDWARDS. Belgravia, 11 November --- 1975, lot 79) 91 PARK ST --- Joseph Clark, The Village School, 1870 (Christie's, 25 CAMDEN TOWN July 1975, lot 41) LONDON [at 91 Park St 1860-69] Supplier, work details Supplier dates, mark transcripts Product marks (not to uniform scale) Illustrated: Stampl, partly oval format, on canvas: Unspecified work, 1869 (source: Cobbe coll., see DRAWING MATERIALS SUPPLIED IN EVERY VARIETY note 2) [MR F.] T. EDWARDS. PROFESSOR OF Drawing, Painting & Perspective 91 PARK STREET CAMDEN TOWN MORNING & EVENING [CLAS]SES [DRA]WNGS & PAINT[---------------------] [at 91 Park St 1860-69] Illustrated: Stamp, 12.5 cm wide, on canvas: Haynes King, Awaiting His Return, 1865 DRAWING MATERIALS SUPPLIED IN EVERY VARIETY (Bonham’s, Knightsbridge, 22 March Stencil, oval, on canvas: 2016, lot 6) MR F. T. EDWARDS 91 PARK STREET CAMDEN TOWN [possibly same stamp as above but with two lines blanked out] [at 91 Park St 1860-69] Illustrated: Stencil, partly oval format, on canvas: Source: Cobbe coll., see FROM note 2. MR F. T. EDWARDS [39] NORFOLK TERRAC[E] WESTBOURNE GROVE LONDON [at 39 Norfolk Terrace 1870-87] David Evans At 80 High St, Whitechapel 1834?-1837 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - E Illustrated: Stamp on canvas: Unknown artist (Samuel Chinn?), George Fox Prepared by (Private coll., London, D. EVANS. May 2017) OIL COLOURMAN No. [8]0 Whitech[apel] H[igh] St Supplier, work details Supplier dates, mark transcripts Product marks (not to uniform scale) Richard and Charles At 30 Piccadilly 1836-39 Faulkner See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - F Illustrated: Label, 9.8 cm wide, palette-shaped, on Anne Raper, Figure millboard: Study, 1838 (Royal Society of Arts) R & C. FAULKNER, No. 30 Piccadilly, Manufacturers of Prepared Cloths, Panels and MILL BOARDS FOR ARTISTS with Improved Oil or Absorbent Grounds and every requisite for the FINE ARTS [almost identical to Roberson & Miller’s panel label, see Part 1, 1785-1831 of this guide] ^ detail Henry Flack At 75 Blackman St, Borough 1868-86, as a Later trading from this address as a varnish colour warehouse manufacturer See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - F Illustrated: Stencil, 11.4 cm, oval format, on canvas: Unspecified work, 1885, source: Cobbe coll., see H. FLACK, note 2. late Jackson ARTISTS COLORMAN 75. BLACKMAN ST BOROUGH. Green & Stone In business from 1927 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - G Illustrated: Stamp, palette-shaped, behind stretcher bar, Arnold Mason, Elinor on canvas: Glyn, 1942 (National Portrait Gallery) GREEN & STONE An earlier stamp, dating to CHELSEA 1928, has been recorded. Supplier, work details Supplier dates, mark transcripts Product marks (not to uniform scale) Halford Bros At 361 Oxford St 1874-81 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - H Illustrated: Stencil, 10 cm wide, on canvas: Source: Cobbe coll., see note 2. FROM HALFORD, BROS. 361. OXFORD ST. Charles Halford At 86 Park St, Camden Town, 1886-99 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - H Illustrated: Stamp, 4.2 cm wide, within oval, on canvas: Source: Cobbe coll., see note 2. 8[6, PA]RK STREET --- C HALFORD ARTISTS COLORMAN --- CAMDEN TOWN N.W. Joseph Harvey At 15 Catherine St, Strand, London 1839-49 Successor to John Wikey, see Part 1, 1785- See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - H 1831 of this guide Illustrated: Stencil, 10 cm wide, on canvas: William Adolphus Knell, unspecified work, 1854, J. HARVEY. source: Cobbe coll., see 15. Catherine S note 2. STRAND LONDON Illustrated: Label, 6.5 cm wide, within decorative border, Attrib. to J.M.W. Turner, on board: Wooded Landscape with Village (Robert Genders) J. HARVEY, 15, CATHERINE ST, STRAND, LONDON. PREPARER OF Superfine Oil and Water Colours, CANVAS, PANELS, AND MILLBOARDS, WITH EVERY OTHER ARTICLE CONNECTED WITH THE FINE ARTS, OF THE FIRST QUALITY. Supplier, work details Supplier dates, mark transcripts Product marks (not to uniform scale) Hebden & Sons At this address, 1908-10 See British picture framemakers, 1600-1950 Illustrated: Stamp, 12.3 cm wide, on canvas: Walter Hunt, A Rustic Farmstead, 1908 HEBDEN & SONS, (Sotheby's Belgravia, 29 4, WEST HILL, June 1976, lot 41?) WANDSWORTH. Joseph Hill, Julia Hill At this address 1861-65 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - H Illustrated: Stencil, oval format, on canvas: English School, The Aspiring Hunter (Skinner, FROM J. HILL Boston, 27 January 2017, BRUSH lot 258) ~ & Pencil MANUFACTURER ~ 230 ~ Pentonville RD Andrew Bruce Holt At this address 1858-62 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - H Illustrated: Stencil, 11.4cm wide, obscured by lining and Unknown artist, Giudecca partly obscured by stretcher, composite Canal and Santa Maria transmitted IR image by Taylor Bennett, 2015, della Salute, Venice on canvas (see note 7): (Private coll., 2015) H[O]LT ARTIS[T C]OLOURMAN 80 GO[SW]ELL ROAD Oppos[ite the] New River IS[LING]TON Alfred Jeffries In business 1878-1884 Trading as A. Jeffries & Co from 1884 See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - J Illustrated: Two or more stencils, 14.5 cm wide overall, on Unspecified work, 1878, canvas: source: Cobbe coll., see note 2. PREPARED BY A. JEFFRIES. [3] MAYNARD ST. BLOOMSBURY W.C. B [‘B’ probably indicates canvas type] Supplier, work details Supplier dates, mark transcripts Product marks (not to uniform scale) Thomas Jenkins, Mary In business 1775-c.1791 See Part 1, 1785-1831 of this guide Jenkins See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - J Kemp & Co In business 1877-1940 Successor to John Capes, see Part 2, A to See British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - K D of this guide Illustrated: Stencil, oval format, on canvas: Source: Ann Ralls, diploma thesis on canvas KEMP & CO. stamps, University LATE College, London, 1995. J. CAPES. ARTISTS COLORMAN. 9, HOLDEN TERRACE PIMLICO S.[W.] [at 9 Holden Terrace 1877-89] Illustrated: Stencil, 12.4 cm wide, oval format, on canvas: Source: Cobbe coll., see note 2.