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William Dean notebooks
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William Dean was a graduate of Columbia University in 1855. In 1859 he became a law associate of Judge William Warburton Scrugham, in Yonkers, New York. His legal specialty was real estate, and for many years he provided legal counsel for Mutual Life Insurance Company. After his retirement he pursued his scientific, literary, artistic interests. He died on January 17, 1919 at the age of 85.
The topics of the notebooks in this collection indicate that two of Dean's interests were watercolor painting and the study of heraldry.
"William Dean." The New York Times. January 18, 1919. p.11.
The William Dean notebooks are a collection of twelve small autograph booklets of notes, summaries, and transcriptions from numerous books and catalogues pertaining to watercolor painting or heraldry. Created during the 1870s or 1880s, the booklets are Dean's working notes on these two topics. Eleven of the booklets provide notes from books which describe the techniques for painting with watercolors. One booklet is comprised of notes from four different volumes on aspects of Heraldry. The collection also includes a one-page list of colors removed from Dean's copy of
A Descriptive Handbook of Modern Water-colour Pigments by J. Scott Taylor.The William Dean notebooks were originally part of a University of Delaware Library acquisition which included art books from Dean's personal library. Several of these books have been transferred to the printed collections of Special Collections, and other books were added to the general stacks. A partial list of books from the Dean acquisition, in particular some of those books which were sources for Dean's notes, is included with this finding aid.
The notebooks are arranged alphabetically by title.
The notebooks are arranged alphabetically by title.
- Box 1: Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes
Purchase, 1986.
Processed by Anita A. Wellner, April 1993. Encoded by Thomas Pulhamus, March 2010. Further encoding by Lauren Connolly, January 2016, and Tiffany Saulter, May 2016.
The William Dean notebooks were originally part of a University of Delaware Library acquisition which included art books from Dean's personal library. Several of these books have been transferred to the printed collections of Special Collections, and other books were added to the general stacks. A partial list of books from the Dean acquisition, in particular some of those books which were sources for Dean's notes, is included with this finding aid.
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- University of Delaware Library Special Collections
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- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Finding Aid Date
- 2010 March 8
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The collection is open for research.
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Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/
Collection Inventory
Initialed by William Dean. Includes an index.
Physical Description10 pp.
Material taken from books by Delamotte, Penley, Day, Barnard, Rowbotham, and Leitch. Includes index.
Physical Description26 pp.
26 pp.
6 pp.
1 p.
Material taken from Penley, Barnard, Delamotte, Carmichael, Rowbotham, Leitch, Day, and Merrifield. Includes an index.
Physical Description36 pp.
Bears Dean's initials on title page and cover. Includes an index.
Physical Description16 pp.
Material taken from Penley, Barnard, Rowbotham, Delamotte, Leitch, Merrifield, Day, Green, Carmichael, Whiteford, Martel, and O'Neill. Includes an index.
Physical Description175 pp.
Title page bears the stamp: "William Dean, Counsellor at Law."
Physical Description5 pp.
Material taken from Carmichael, Penley, Rowbotham, Leitch and
Our Sketching Club. Physical Description20 pp.
Material taken from Penley and Carmichael.
Physical Description12 pp.
9 pp.
List of colors. Originally laid in Dean's copy of J. Scott Taylor's A Descriptive
Handbook of Modern Water-colour Pigments.New York: W. Schaus, [n.d.]. Instructions in oil painting. With autograph notes by Dean.
16th edition. London: George Rowney, 1876. With 20 pages of advertisement for products by George Rowney and Company.
London: George Rowney & Company, [n.d.]. 3rd edition, entirely revised. With 48 pages of advertisement for products by George Rowney & Company [n.d.].
With Winsor and Newton catalogue at the end. (Spec ND 3310 .B8 1860).
21st edition. London: Winsor & Newton, [ca. 1875]. With Winsor & Newton catalogue at the end. (Spec ND 3310 .B8 1875)
London: Winsor and Newton, 1859. With
List of colours and materials for drawing and water-colour painting, manufactured by Winsor and Newton [1859].8th edition. [no. 8]. London: Winsor and Newton, [1870]. With
Winsor & Newton's list of water colours, drawing papers, water colour brushes, and materials for water colour painting. (Spec ND 1330 .D35 1870)3rd edition. London: Winsor and Newton, 1871. [no. 29]. With Winsor and Newton's list of water colours, drawing papers, water colour brushes, and materials for water colour painting (1871).
4th edition. London: Winsor and Newton, 1880. [no. 24]. With
Winsor & Newton's list of colours and materials for water colour painting, pencil drawing, &c.5th edition. London: George Rowney and Company, [n.d.]. With 20 pages of advertisement for George Rowney & Co. products.
Part 1. 6th edition. London: George Rowney, 1874. With 20 pages of advertisement for George Rowney & Co. products.
Part 2. 5th edition. London: George Rowney, 1874. With 20 pages of advertisement for George Rowney & Co. products.
Part 3. 5th edition. London: George Rowney, [1874]. With 20 pages of advertisement for George Rowney & Co. products.
Barnard's Art Manuals. London: J. Barnard & Son, 1866. With J. Barnard and Son's
Price catalogue of materials for water-colour painting, drawing, &c.London: George Rowney and Company, [n.d.]. With 20 pages of advertisement for products by George Rowney and Company.
5th edition. [no. 6]. With autograph notes by Dean. London: Winsor and Newton, 1856. With Winsor and Newton's list of colours and materials for drawing and water-colour painting.
4th edition. London: G. Rowney, [186?]. With advertisement for G. Rowney products at end. (Spec ND 2241 .H4 1860)
[no.22]. 6th edition. London: Winsor and Newton, Limited, 1885. With
Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for water colour painting, pencil, chalk, architectural drawing, &c.3rd edition. London: George Rowney & Co., 1869. With a 20 page advertisement for George Rowney & Co.'s "System of Grinding Colours by Machinery" and other products.
9th edition. London: Winsor and Newton, [1871]. (Spec ND 3310.B82 1871).
London: George Rowney & Co., [n.d.]. With 20 pages of advertisement for George Rowney & Co. products at the end.
8th edition. With autograph notes by Dean. London: Winsor and Newton, 1872.
With Winsor and Newton's list of water colours, drawing papers, water colour brushes....5th edition. London: G. Rowney & Co., [ca. 1880]. With advertisement for G. Rowney & Co. products at the end. (Spec NC 755 .M4 1880)
7th edition. [no. 7]. With autograph notes by Dean. London: Winsor and Newton, 1857. With Winsor and Newton's
List of colours and materials for drawing and water-colour painting.London: G. Rowney, 1868. With A list of colours and materials for sketching in water colour, manufactured by George Rowney & Company. (Spec ND 2241 .M54 1868)
London: J. Barnard & Son, [n.d.]. With J. Barnard and Son's
Price catalogue of materials for water colour painting, drawing, etc. [n.d.].13th edition. London: G. Rowney and Company, 1874. With advertisement for G. Rowney and Company products at the end. (Spec ND 2135 .N6 1874)
18th edition. London: Winsor and Newton, 1870. With Winsor and Newton advertisement at the end. (Spec NC 750 .P4 1870)
[no. 13]. London: Winsor & Newton, Limited, [n.d.]. With
Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for water colour painting, pencil, chalk, architectural drawing, &c. (1891).7th edition. London: J. Barnard & Son, [187-?]. With
Price catalogue of materials for water colour painting, drawing, &c....by J. Barnard & Son [n.d.].[no. 33]. London: Winsor & Newton, Limited, 1883. With Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for water colour paining, pencil, chalk, architectural drawing, &c. (1883).
14th edition. [no. 3]. With autograph notes by Dean. London: Winsor and Newton, 1856. With
Winsor and Newton's list of colours and materials for drawing and water-colour painting.20th edition. [no. 2]. London: Winsor and Newton, 1856.
With Winsor and Newton's list of colours and materials for oil painting.2nd edition. [no. 35]. London: Winsor & Newton Limited, [n.d.]. With Thibault's
General remarks on linear perspective and Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for water colour painting, pencil, chalk, architectural drawing, &c. (1888).4th edition. London: Winsor and Newton, [n.d.]. [no.43]. With
Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials. London: Winsor & Newton, 1888.8th edition. London: George Rowney & Co., [n.d.]. With autograph notes by Dean. With 48 pages of advertisement for George Rowney & Co. products at the end.
15th edition, revised. London: George Rowney & Company, [n.d.]. Title page missing. With autograph notes by Dean. With 48 pages of advertisement for George Rowney & Company products at the end.
London: Winsor & Newton, Limited, [n.d.]. With Runciman's
Rules of perspective and Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for water colour painting, pencil, chalk, architectural drawing, &c (1888).London: Winsor & Newton, Limited, 1885. 2nd edition. [no. 36]. With
Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for water colour painting, pencil, chalk, architectural drawing, &c (1885).3rd edition. London: Winsor and Newton, 1876. [no. 1].
With Winsor & Newton's list of colours and materials for water colour painting, oil colour painting, pencil drawing, &c. [1876].London: Winsor and Newton, 1871. With
Winsor and Newton's list of water colours, drawing papers, water colour brushes, and materials for water colour painting. (Spec NC 765 .W34 1871).7th edition. London: George Rowney & Co., 1868. With pages 3-20 of the advertisement section with products by George Rowney & Co.
London: George Rowney & Co., [n.d.]. With 20 pages of advertisement for products by George Rowney & Co.
5th edition. London:
Winsor and Newton, 1876. With Winsor & Newton's list of colours and materials for water colour painting, oil colour painting, pencil drawing, &c. (Spec ND 1573 .W 1876).