Colouring Collection

Smarties. Sweets showing a variety of naturally derived colourings

Cattleya Trianae Mrs Phillips, also known as Flor de Mayo (May Flower) or Christmas Orchid (Orchidaceae family), with pink, purple and yellow colouring

Gordon Setter (Shaw)
A Gordon setter in the field, with its classic black and tan colouring

First World War. Big Bertha M42
WORLD WAR (1914-1918). BIG BERTHA M42. German gun used to bombard Paris from over 100 km. away in 1918. Its gauge was 210 mm. and was 34 m. long

Iris Bruno (Tall Bearded Iris), a flowering perennial of the Iridaceae family, with gold, purple and brown colouring. A close-up of the head in full flower

Science. Textile manufacturing. Boiler for the production of aniline (organic compound used in dyeing)
3434762 Science. Textile manufacturing. Boiler for the production of aniline (organic compound used in dyeing. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France)

Cartoon titled 'Adulteration of Food': Anchovy paste being concocted from sprats
5308771 Cartoon titled 'Adulteration of Food': Anchovy paste being concocted from sprats, red colouring (Venetian Red - ferric oxide and calcium sulphate)

Sunning Colored Fabrics
Riza Amrullah

Overhead view of colored powders for textile dyes in the street markets, Morocco

Title page design, For Victory Paint Book, WW2
Title page design, For Victory Paint Book, with Allied flags and a V sign, used as a propaganda symbol for Victory during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

V For Victory Paint Book
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 children's colouring book, For Victory Paint Book. The image simply shows a large letter V with musical notes and national flags. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 British Army Soldier With Bayonet
An illustrated front cover of a WW2 children's colouring in ABC book, The Defence ABC Painting Book, by John Hassall. The image portrays a British WW2 soldier equipped with his bayonet rifle

Lever Brothers Twink Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Twink, a product which both cleans and dyes materials simultaneously

Black Ink
A minimalistic still life painting of a yellow colouring pencil placed beside a black ink pot on a purple background. Date: circa 1916

Rowley Hall Chinese Bedroom
An illustration showing a Chinese bedroom of Rowley Hall, Staffordshire. This space is heavily themed with oriental colouring, expressed through the burnished gold background of the room

Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers - Changing Hue 1907
The feathers were taken out of bleaching and dyed to show their new appearance. The white ones are bewildering in their snowy whiteness and the coloured have quite forgotten their former dinginess

Tartars, people from the Kakasus, Russia, in typical traditional costume, around 1890, Historic
5 people, attire, black, black-and-white, black-white, characteristic, clothes, colouring, contemporary, copy, culture, custom, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn

Rue Chapeau Rouge, from Place Richelieu, Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, c
black, black-and-white, black-white, colouring, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, formerly, historic

General view of Dinan in Brittany, France, c. 1890, Historic, digitally enhanced reproduction of a photochrome print
black, black-and-white, black-white, bretagne, breton, brittany, colouring, contemporary, copy, cotes d'armor, cotes d'armor department, cotes-d'armor department

Cape Lihou, Granville in Normandy, France, c. 1890, Historic, digitally enhanced reproduction of a photochrome print
basse-normandie, black, black-and-white, black-white, colouring, contemporary, copy, departement manche, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's

Bridge La Trauchee des Anglais, Granville in Normandy, France, c. 1890, Historic
1 person, basse-normandie, black, black-and-white, black-white, bridge, bridges, colouring, contemporary, copy, departement manche, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings

Port exit at Dunkirk, Dunkerque, Hauts-de-France, France, c. 1890, Historic
2 people, black, black-and-white, black-white, cities, city center, city centre, colouring, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, downtown, drawing, drawings, drawn

Gourdon, Bridge over the Wolf Gorge, Grasse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, c
animal of prey, animals, beast of prey, black, black-and-white, black-white, bridge, bridges, caniformia, caninae, canis lupus, canoidea, canyons, carnivora, colouring, common wolf, contemporary

Dinard beach, Brittany, France, c. 1890, Historic, digitally enhanced reproduction of a photochrome print from 1895
beaches, beachfront, black, black-and-white, black-white, bretagne, breton, brittany, coast, coasts, colouring, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing

Morning atmosphere in early autumn in the Harz Mountains, roaring stag in rut stands by the stream, Germany, 1898
1900s, 19th-century, animal sounds, atmospheric, autumn atmosphere, autumn color, autumn colors, autumn colour, autumn colouring, autumn leaves, autumn mood, autumn moods, autumn season

A View of Huaheine, 1787 (handcoloured aquatint)
828318 A View of Huaheine, 1787 (handcoloured aquatint) by Cleveley, John the Younger (1747-86); 43.2x60.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A View of Huaheine. John Cleveley the Younger (1747-86)

A View of Owhyhee in the Sandwich Island in the south Seas (The Death of Cook)
828317 A View of Owhyhee in the Sandwich Island in the south Seas (The Death of Cook), 1779 (handcoloured aquatint) by Cleveley, John the Younger (1747-86); 43.2x60.9

The Country (colour litho)
5228943 The Country (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Country. Illustration for The Object Painting Book by H Lynn and Others (Frederick Warne)

Pottery, Progressive stages in an important and highly skilled industry (b / w photo)
6008314 Pottery, Progressive stages in an important and highly skilled industry (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pottery)

De Havilland Hydromatic Airscrew Aircraft Engine
Diagram of De Havilland Hydromatic Airscrew Aircraft Engine, Feathering Date: 1942

Diagram of De Havilland Hydromatic Airscrew Aircraft Engine, Unfeathering Date: 1942

Chaudiere servant a la fabrication du rouge d aniline, fuchsine (engraving)
2787755 Chaudiere servant a la fabrication du rouge d aniline, fuchsine (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Revelations from the Riviera -What the smartest
Revelations from the Riviera (1927) - What the smartest women wear at Monte Carlo is prophetic of what will be worn in London and Paris in the subsequent seasons

Manufacture of Porcelain, Decorating in Blue (gouache and w / c on paper)
PEM216857 Manufacture of Porcelain, Decorating in Blue (gouache and w/c on paper) by Chinese School (19th century); Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA; ePeabody Essex Museum; Chinese

Papiers Peints, c. 1820-35 (porcelain)
1766891 Papiers Peints, c.1820-35 (porcelain) by Develly, Jean-Charles (1783-1849); Private Collection; (add.info.: Papiers Peints / Veloutage, Foncage, Assemblage)

A View of Matavai Bay, Tahiti, 1787 (handcoloured aquatint)
828316 A View of Matavai Bay, Tahiti, 1787 (handcoloured aquatint) by Cleveley, John the Younger (1747-86); 43.2x60.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A View of Huaheine)

Garden (colour litho)
5228936 Garden (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Garden. Illustration for The Object Painting Book by H Lynn and Others (Frederick Warne)

Flyer for Reynolds Lime Street, London (engraving)
610424 Flyer for Reynolds Lime Street, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flyer for Reynolds Lime Street)

Colouring book for children, The Relief of Poilus, 1917 (colour litho)
698825 Colouring book for children, The Relief of Poilus, 1917 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: album a colorier)

Detail from a vase depicting men dyeing silk (ceramic)
XIR226503 Detail from a vase depicting men dyeing silk (ceramic) by Chinese School, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran; Chinese, out of copyright

Glass Painting (chromolitho)
735014 Glass Painting (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Glass Painting. Liebig card)

Chemistry (colour litho)
2795452 Chemistry (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chemistry. Double page illustration contained in one of the series of Les Recreations Instructives)

Self-defence mechanisms in insects (colour litho)
3630374 Self-defence mechanisms in insects (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Self-defence mechanisms in insects)

Sugar creams (colour litho)
3642465 Sugar creams (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sugar creams. Illustration for Whats Cookin)

Colouring page, For Victory Paint Book, WW2
Colouring page, For Victory Paint Book, with a British flag and a little boy in John Bull costume. Date: 1940s

Frontispiece design, For Victory Paint Book, WW2
Frontispiece design, For Victory Paint Book, with the coats of arms of Allied countries during the Second World War -- Do Not Despair, written by Winston Churchill. Date: 1940s

Front cover design, For Victory Paint Book, WW2
Front cover design, For Victory Paint Book, with Allied flags, a V sign, and the first four notes of Beethovens Fifth Symphony, used as a propaganda symbol for Victory during the Second World War

Manufacturing Sevres porcelain
A very beautifully shot postcard photograph showing the colouring workshop (preparing the background colours) for Sevres porcelain, particularly the famous Sevres Blue - Sevres Factory, France

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"Exploring the Vibrant World of Colouring: From Smarties to Mrs Phillips' Cattleya Trianae" Step into a world filled with hues and shades, where creativity knows no bounds. Let's embark on a colourful journey that spans across time and cultures. In the midst of the First World War, amidst chaos and destruction, soldiers found solace in colouring books like "V For Victory Paint Book. " Amidst the deafening roars of Big Bertha M42 cannons, these simple pages offered an escape from reality. Nature too has its own palette to offer. The majestic Iris Bruno stands tall among other flowers, showcasing its vibrant petals in various shades. Meanwhile, Gordon Setter Shaw prances through fields as if painted by an artist's brushstroke. But colouring isn't limited to just paper and pencils; it extends beyond imagination. Lever Brothers Twink Advertisement captures our attention with its vivid display of colours that entice us into their world. Black ink tells stories untold - words flowing onto white canvases creating masterpieces that ignite emotions within us all. And within Rowley Hall Chinese Bedroom lies a tapestry of colours woven together harmoniously, transporting us back in time. Even feathers can change their hue. Witness the manufacture of ostrich feathers in 1907 as they transform from one shade to another – a mesmerizing sight indeed. Travel back further still to 1890 when Tartars donned traditional costumes in Russia's Kakasus region. Through digitally enhanced prints from 1895, we catch glimpses of their vibrant attire that brings history alive once more. So let your imagination run wild as you delve into the world - whether it be with Smarties or Mrs Phillips' Cattleya Trianae orchids - for there is beauty waiting to be discovered at every stroke.