A PAN FOR FACILITATING PAINTING ON DAMP PAPER to be as follows
Year: 1884

page_text: STEPHEN CLIFT Artist Professor of painting 18 Clyde Road Addiscombe Surrey
and 7 Cour de St Pierre Geneva do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
" A PAN FOR FACILITATING PAINTING ON DAMP PAPER to be as follows :-
"
My invention refers to a method of maintaining the paper on which the painting
is made, damp, during the entire time occupied in making the painting, and consists
of a shallow pan made of Tin, Japanned tin, Zinc, Iron, Papier mâché or any other.
suitable material for holding water. In the pan and fitted to its bottom, but not
adhérent, a pad of blotting paper or other substance suitable for retaining water.
Drawing No. 1. represents the pan. A. the interior. B. B B. B the sides.
C. C. C. strips of metal, papier mâché &c. covering in two sides of pan and
leaving a hollow space underneath as seen in the sectional drawing No. 2.
C¹ covers one corner diagonally.
D lip or spout.

page_text: I, STEPHEN CLIFT Artist Professor of painting 18 Clyde Road Addiscombe
Surrey and 7 Cour de St Pierre Geneva.do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for "A PAN FOR FACILITATING PAINTING ON DAMP PAPER" and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in.
and by the following statement :—
. The object of this invention is to provide a pan by means of which the paper on
which a painting is to be made may be kept in a damp state during the entire time
occupied in making the painting.
The pan is a flat bottomed pan formed of tin or zinc or other suitable material
for holding water. The rim which projects upwards all around the edge of the flat
- bottom is shallow the rim also which is along that edge of the pan which is held
lowermost when painting is bent or doubled over inwards so as somewhat to
overlap the bottom and form as it were a trough along this edge of the pan so that
if there is any water in the pan and the pan is tilted as when painting a small
quantity of water will be retained in this trough.
Over the bottom of the pan is a pad of blotting paper or such like substance.
capable of absorbing water on to this is placed the paper on which the painting is
to be made and which has already had the outline of the drawing made upon it.
To hold the paper down on to the pad 1 also similarly bend or turn inwards the
rim at the two ends of the pan-the ends of the paper on which the painting is to
be made are passed below these two bent over rims and strips of wood or other
material are then interposed between the turned over rims and the paper and press
the paper downwards on to the pad. The strips of wood or other material may
either themselves be slightly tapered to act as wedges or separate plugs or wedges
may be introduced between them and the turned over rims.
It is not necessary that the whole of the rim at the two ends of the pan should
be so turned over inwards it is sufficient if there be an overlapping piece at the top
corner or corners for the ends of the holding down bars to pass under.
Before commencing the painting the pan should be filled with water so as
to moisten the paper and the absorbent pad below it.-When these have been
sufficiently moistened the water is poured off from the pan and all excess of water
is allowed to drain down into the trough which is along the bottom edge of the
pan the painting can then be commenced and can be executed leisurely as the
paper will remain moist so long as any water remains in this trough to be
absorbed by the absorbent pad.
In the drawings hereunto annexed I have shewn two examples of pans formed as
above described.
Figure 1 is a plan view and Figure 2 a section of one of the pans. Figure 3 is a
plan view of the same pan except that the rim along one end only is turned
inwards as above described whilst at the other end there is a small cross piece fixed
across the top corner. In this case the pan may or may not be formed as shewn in
the drawing with a spout at this corner as may be desired. In these Figures A A
are the turned over rims B the absorbent pad with which the bottom of the pan is
covered and C the strips of wood by which the ends of the sheet of paper on which
the painting is to be made are held down on to the pad. In the drawing these
strips are shown to be of sufficient thickness to form wedges or plugs to fit between
the paper and the turned over rims but as above stated separate wedges or plugs
may be inserted between them and the rim to keep them pressed downwards.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare. that what
I claim is
1. The construction of pans for facilitating painting on damp paper with an
absorbent pad over the bottom of the pan and with the rim turned over inwards
along the edge of the pan which is held lowermost when painting in order to retain
a small reserve of water in the pan to be absorbed by the absorbent pad and keep
it moist and also with means for holding down the piper on which the painting is
to be made on to the surface of the absorbent pad substantially as herein before
described.
2. The construction of pans for facilitating painting on damp paper substantially
as herein before described and illustrated in the drawing annexed.
Dated this 20
day 01 January 1005.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.