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[004753] Wade, W. G. Letters to Arthur Wragg from W. G. Wade. Chippenham: No Publisher, 1942. First Edition. Various. Unbound. Letters. Signed by Author. Good. Two letters, one three and a half sides, and one one side

Creases from folds, otherwise fairly bright and clean. Two letters from Wade to Wragg, the first dated 14th August 1942, relating to the difficulty in acquiring colour paint, with a suggestion from Wade that Wragg looks up “some old books on artists colour mixing ??? you might find some way of using them”

The second letter, dated September 7th 1942, shows Wade telling Wragg about the chemical make up of a sample of paint, and again relates to Wragg’s difficulty in the supply of dry powder colours, noting that the colours are of poor quality anyway, and that the shortage is more due to the shortage of the binding agent dextrine, going on to suggest the use of ordinary size instead, with instructions of how to mix the various elements

Though perhaps insignificant against the wider backdrop of war, it is an interesting example of the often overlooked quotidian matters for artists, and others, on the home front