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National Lead Company · 1899 · [New York : National Lead Company] · 10 pictures

A trade booklet from 1899 issued by the National Lead Company of New York, aimed at house owners and painters and promoting white lead paint through advice from an experienced painter. Its pictures pair full-colour house-painting suggestions for two Victorian houses with a sketched old painter at his work, offering a designer ideas for period house palettes, heritage colour schemes, and warm lithographic character.

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