Something of a minor British institution, the English art supplies firm Winsor & Newton was established in 1832, when William Winsor and Henry Newton, a chemist and artist respectively, set up in business at 38 Rathbone Place, London. In 1842 they patented the tubes of paint artists still use to this day. The collapsible, screw-cap [...]
Something of a minor British institution, the English art supplies firm Winsor & Newton was established in 1832, when William Winsor and Henry Newton, a chemist and artist respectively, set up in business at 38 Rathbone Place, London. In 1842 they patented the tubes of paint artists still use to this day. The collapsible, screw-cap tube mechanism seems an obvious way to store paint, but when it was first invented, it was something of a revelation. Winsor & Newton’s vivid range of colours won a medal at the 1851 Great Exhibition. The company still makes its paints in Harrow, one of the last manufacturing firms still operating in England’s capital.