单词 | painter-stainer |
释义 | painter-stainern. 1. A person whose business or employment is painting or staining; spec. (now usually in form Painter-Stainer) a member of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers, a livery company of the City of London.Painters (those who applied paint to wood) and stainers (painters on cloth) originally belonged to separate fraternities, formed in the 13th cent.; the earliest reference to a painter applying to become also a stainer dates from 1433, but it was not until 1502 that the fraternities petitioned to join together formally. Members of the livery company include both artists and decorators. The restriction of meaning stated in quot. 1706, and repeated in some later dictionaries, is not supported by the quotations. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > painting > [noun] > painter painter1240 painter-stainer1502 liner1819 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [noun] > painter paintera1325 painter-stainer1502 depaintera1522 picturer1581 pencil-man1589 brother of the brush1687 brushman1785 knight of the brush1885 1502 Petition 19 Oct. in W. A. D. Englefield Hist. Painter-Stainers Company London (1923) 46 One body and one craft..reputed, taken and called by the name of Payntour Steynors. 1504 Deed in J. G. Crace Some Acct. Company Painter-Stainers (1880) John Browne paynter-steyner. 1581 Charter Painters Company London Liberi Homines et Cives Civitatis London Artis sive Misterii pictorium vocati Anglice Paynters-Steyners. 1604 Act 1 Jas. I c. 20 No manner of person..shall..make any manner of worke or workes, or lay any manner of Colour or Colours, Painting or Paintings whatsoeuer, in the sayd Art or Mystery of Painters Stainers aforesaid..vnlesse [etc.]. 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker i. sig. B3v Tho'ther may be a knave in graine for any thing I know i'me sure hees much given to colours hees a Painter-stainer. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Painter-Stainer, one that makes draughts of, and paints all sorts of Coats of Arms, with other Devices, belonging to the Art of Heraldry. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xiii. 178 Forced to become an Apprentice for Ten Years to Will. Gardiner, Painter-Stainer of London. 1790 T. Pennant Of London 316 Opposite to Queen-hithe..is Little Trinity Lane, where the company of Painter-stainers have their hall. 1858 J. Timbs School-days Eminent Men (1860) 155 Camden..was born May 22, 1551, in the Old Bailey, where his father was a painter-stainer. 1880 J. G. Crace Acct. Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers (ad fin.) This Company may fairly appeal to all good citizens to join in the wish expressed in their time-honoured toast ‘May the Painter-Stainers' Company flourish root and branch for ever’. 1934 Times 25 June 11/6 Mr. Pitman..is an underwriting member of Lloyd's. He is a Painter-Stainer and a Basketmaker. 1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons 681/1 He was by trade a painter-stainer, a craft which in 1581 included face-painters, history painters, arms (heraldic) painters and house painters. 2003 Scotsman (Nexis) 15 Nov. 5 Elected to Livery of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers in 1983, Mr Harris was also an Olympic trialist for the British sailing team in 1996 and 2000. 2. British slang. An artist. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > [noun] > artist craftsman?1529 artsman1591 artist1608 crafter1643 visual artist1902 painter-stainer1909 1883 H. Knight in Times 7 May 6/3 We have still among us a body which has devoted itself largely to the encouragement of art—namely, the Painter Stainers' Company... This company may really be described as having been the Royal Academy of England until the foundation of the present academy in 1761.] 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 192/1 For the remainder of the season [sc. 1883] artists were in society jocularly called painter-stainers. Indeed the term lasted for many seasons. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 601/1 Painter stainer, an artist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1502 |
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