Collection Information
Size: 1 Item (on 1 fr. microfilm)
Summary: Shaw's palette, with an explanation of colors and how to mix them.
Shaw, Joshua, 1776-1860
Painter, Printmaker
Size: 1 Item (on 1 fr. microfilm)
Summary: Shaw's palette, with an explanation of colors and how to mix them.
Inventor, artist; Philadelphia, Pa. & Bordentown, N.J.
Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955.
35mm microfilm reel P24 (fr. 88) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Joshua Shaw palette, [ca. 1820]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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