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Oil Colourman

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Shirley

Shirley Report 4 Sep 2008 20:25

Thank you very much everyone.

Its more interesting than I thought.

I imagined him painting oil cloth or lino. Silly me.

regards
Shirley

Karen

Karen Report 4 Sep 2008 20:12

Hi Shirley,

googled it & found this

William Jordan, 34 Holborn Hill, London 1785-1794. Oil and colourman.

William Jordan offered bladder colours for artists. His trade card, with added manuscript date 1792, described him as 'Wm. Jordan/ OIL & COLOURMAN,/ No.34, Corner of Fetter Lane,/ HOLBORN./ Colours Properly prepared for Painting./ OILS & COLOURS,/ / Bladder Colours for Artists' (Banks coll. 89.17).

Sounds like it was someone who prepared paints of various kinds for artists.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 4 Sep 2008 20:10

From an old occupations site:-

Oil Colour Man - Employed in the paint manufacturing trade, mixing pigmented paints.

This is the site:-

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/n-o.html

Kath. x

SimonSez

SimonSez Report 4 Sep 2008 20:08

Employed in the paint manufacturing trade, mixing pigmented paints

see http://www.rmhh.co.uk/occup/

Shirley

Shirley Report 4 Sep 2008 20:01

One of my relations was an oil colourman.
Can anyone tell me what this involved please?
regards
Shirley