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  • Print colourer/ artist ?

    My GG grandfathers occupation was a print colourer does anyone know what this involved. He lived in lambeth & later in Shoreditch (1821-1885)
    Thankyou

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    There is a bit on Google books that says "Aspiring artists sometimes began their trade by coloring prints... One print-colourer claimed that he and his wife made about £100 annually from this trade"
    KiteRunner

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      • #4
        Or he could have been colouring photographic prints.

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