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Artist Grade · Student Grade · Est. 1832
Winsor & Newton Professional & Cotman
A London colourman since 1832, making both the Professional Water Colour range and the Cotman student line, plus the Series 7 sable brush.
- Maker
- Winsor & Newton
- Based in
- London, UK
- Established
- 1832
- Medium
- Extra Fine Watercolor
- Grade
- Artist Grade, Student Grade
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Why it matters
Two grades from one maker make Winsor & Newton a common first step up: Cotman for practice, Professional for finished work, both sold almost everywhere art supplies are.
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Product lines
- Professional Water Colour
- Cotman Water Colour (student grade)
- Series 7 Kolinsky sable brushes
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Dates
- 1832FoundedWilliam Winsor, a chemist, and Henry Newton, an artist, open at 38 Rathbone Place, London.
- 1835Moist watercoloursThe firm develops glycerine-based moist watercolours.
- 1841Royal warrantQueen Victoria grants the firm its first royal warrant.
- 1866Series 7Queen Victoria asks for the finest Kolinsky sable brushes in her preferred size, No. 7, the origin of the Series 7 line.
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