Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Miller, Thomas, 1799 or 1800-1854
Title:
Thomas Miller, manufacturer of the most improved water and oil colours : (52, Long Acre), and 33, Rathbone Place, London.
Alternate Title(s):
Painter's regret.
Published / Created:
London : Thomas Miller, [approximately 1840]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 14 x 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:5974347
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Trade card, printed letterpress.

Underneath the heading is a 13-stanza poem titled "The painter's regret".

"Music of the above will be shortly published, at 33, Rathbone Place."

"Thomas Miller ... at 33 Rathbone Place 1840-1841, 56 Long Acre 1841-1873. Artists' colourmen ... He was recorded at 56 Long Acre in the 1851 census, as Artists Colourman, age 51, born Andover, Hampshire, wife Henrietta, age 50, son Alfred, age 18, and six daughters. He died in 1854."--National Portrait Gallery, British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 (online, accessed Aug. 8, 2013).
Subject Terms:
Miller, Thomas, 1799 or 1800–1854. | Artists' materials -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Artists' materials industry -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Pigments -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Watercolor painting -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Artists -- Poetry. | Painting -- Poetry.
Form/Genre:
Trade cards (advertising) | Advertisements. | Ephemera.