• Title
  Paintbox of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
• Call number
  R 924
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1918
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  420951
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - 1 painted black metal paintbox with outer and inner hinged lids which fold over each other to close the box. 3 metal rings attached to exterior - one on the top and 2 on the base. 34 individual ceramic receptacles inside the box contain the various paints - 14 x 22 x 3 cm. (Box dimensions) - Exterior black paint on box surface flecked in parts. Some ceramic receptacles are missing. There are no paintbrushes in the paintbrush compartment
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888-1960) illustrated Australian childrens books and was best known for fantasy and fairy themes. She had no formal training and worked during a period when female illustrators of books for children were not seriously regarded. Her exhibitions and books were not well reviewed, possibly for these reasons. Retrospectively she is considered to have been a uniquely talented illustrator. Reference source: The Fairy World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite / Marcie Muir & Robert Holden. Seaforth, NSW: Craftsman House, 1985
• General note
  
  Quantity of remaining paint in each ceramic receptacle varies from full to nearly empty
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823754
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  "Windsor & Newton Ltd., London England" -- printed on a metal plate affixed to the hinged inner lid and also indented on each individual ceramic paint receptacle
  "Ida Rentoul Outhwaite 1918" -- handwritten on hinged inner lid
• Name
  Outhwaite, Ida Rentoul, 1888-1960
  
• Topic
  boxes & cases
  paint
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - State Library of New South Wales (April 2007 - March 2008)
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - State Library of New South Wales
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3151100

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