Welcome to the latest GeorgeBaxter.com newsletter keeping you up to date on new research, discoveries or just (what I feel) is interesting information regarding George Baxter, Mid Victorian colour printing and all related subjects. There is too much information to view easily on a Mobile also sometimes your provider might block the links so you don't get to see the main articles. To get the best from this newsletter and all the linked articles we suggest that you click on the top of this email 'view in a browser' or click this link or COPY https://www.georgebaxter.com/newsletter to your browser and go to the latest newsletter. If you would like to ask any questions or have something you can add please email me on sales@georgebaxter.com Best regards - Mic |
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| | Last year Genji Omori - Associate Professor at Tokyo Polytechnic University contacted us and said that he was trying to put on a small exhibition of Baxter prints in "the Colour Printing in 19th century" section of a larger exhibition "Explorer of Color". We assisted where we could and are greatly pleased that it is now a reality and the exhibition is open until 19th April at the Col-lab gallery, Tokyo Polytechnic University 1583 Iiyama, Atsugi, Kanagawa, 243-0297, Japan | | |
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| | Genji explained that, although Japan has a very long history of colour printing, even experts in western print history have little knowledge of George Baxter. In the spring of last year Genji wrote the first ever paper in Japan on Baxter basically looking at technical comparisons between the Baxter process and the colour wood engraving practiced by the likes of Edmund Evans. Hopefully, another, larger exhibition is planned for the not too distant future. A great thank you to Genji to bringing Baxter's work to the people of Japan. | | |
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Talking of exhibitions, the New Baxter Society have been invited to be the feature exhibition at the Spring 2019 Antiques for Everyone fair at the NEC (National Exhibition Centre) in Birmingham. A major 4 day fair, the NBS exhibition will try to feature as many aspects of George Baxter's, and other Mid century colour printers, work as possible. |
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The Exhibition will be open between 4th and the 7th April 2019. If you do go, make sure you ask for me, I will be on the stand some days, would be good to chat in person. | | |
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Some months ago we 'encouraged' the undisputed world expert on Chromolithography and Mid Victorian colour printing, Professor Michael Twyman to write something for this newsletter and he has come up with an excellent and extensive article exploring the Baxter Process and how it sat within the context of Chromolithography | | |
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Baxter or Le Blond Baxter - How can you tell the difference? Continuing our 'series' we can now add Princess Royal, The Princess of Prussia (CL 214) and Eugenie, Empress of the French (CL 228) to the others already listed - if you are a collector, this is invaluable information. | | |
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Baxter Apprentices It has been documented that Baxter took on his first apprentice circa 1832 - 1834. My research has now shown he was advertising for same as early as 1829. A number of old Baxter books give basic details regarding the known Baxter apprentices, I have now put everything in one place and added my own research giving new information and the fullest details of these people - some of whom went on to find 'fame' in their own rights. | | |
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Whilst writing the story of the Apprentices I realised it couldn't be written without also reseaching the full story of three of the apprentices who became Gregory, Collins & Reynolds. It was always my long term plan to write a piece on as many of the colour printers of the mid Victorian era as possible. As they were not Baxter licensees, this is the first one outside the licensees | | |
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As far as I was aware (please prove me wrong) Victorian colour printers had never been featured on any postage stamps - I recently came across these, I hadn't seen the actual prints before but the name of Vincent Brooks has a close association to Baxter. The 1860 date on St Matthews Church slightly proceeds the date when Baxter and Brooks 'worked together' re-issuing some of Baxter's prints circa 1865 before Vincent Brooks sold the plates to Le Blond circa 1868. Can anyone add any information? |
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The addresses where Baxter lived and worked |
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Most of Baxter's addresses are obvious but if you ever want to find a date when Baxter moved from one to another it might be a search through a number of different old books - I see the GeorgeBaxter.com website as a central reference place for all sorts of relevant and interesting information sourced from all known books, hundreds of Baxter Society newsletters dating back to the 1890's and of course my own research which is bringing all sorts of new information to light. |
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This will take me many years but this along with the other new 'chats' mentioned above is a good start to what will be a very long job. Do you recognise the image opposite? | | |
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In the last newsletter we released our new research 'chat' giving full details of the New Hall Vault collection sold at Christies in 1987. Since then a friend of GeorgeBaxter.com and member of the Owens family has confirmed a few details for us and also allowed us to divulge the PROPER story of the sale, something we have known for a few years but at the time we were asked not to mention it. We have now updated our 'chat' and 30 years on we can reveal the truth about the sale and why it should have been called the New Hall Snooker Table Sale! | | |
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An update of what we have available for sale |
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Having retired a couple of years ago, in theory, I should have plenty of time to work on the prints but the old adage ' I don't know how I found the time to go to work' is very true. We look after about 4 acres and keeping that maintained and a 30 foot Polytunnel fully stocked keeps me busy throughout the warmer months. So now with temperatures falling to below zero I don't feel guilty spending my time in front of the computer, researching and writing about Baxter. Last year I purchased a couple of large collections plus many smaller groups. |
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I have been adding new items for sale on to the website since January but it has been a busy month and much has gone already. I will endeavour to add more over the coming months and list regularly throughout the year so please make sure you keep and eye on what we have available. As I have said before most of our sales of prints have never been on the website but sold to people who have asked us to watch out for certain prints or email us saying have you got X available. Please have a look at our 'Items for Sale' or email me with anything you may be looking for. |
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Hopefully you have enjoyed this newsletter, any feedback is greatly appreciated. Please email me at sales@georgebaxter.com with any questions, suggestions for forthcoming articles or even better, would you like to write an article for a future newsletter? |
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