Reeves and Sons is an English

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and a former manufacturing company established by William Reeves (1739–1803) in 1766.Reeves and Sons
at GracesGuide Reeves is credited with having invented the soluble watercolour. The brand is best known for its "Reeves" brand of artists' acrylic and

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paints. The firm went through various name changes during its history, listed as follows: * ''Thomas Reeves and Son'' 1784–1799 * ''W. J. Reeves'' 1799–1800 * ''Reeves and Woodyer'' 1800–1816 * ''Reeves, Woodyer and Reeves'' 1817–1818 * ''W. J. Reeves and Son'' 1819–1829 * ''Reeves and Sons'' 1830–1890 * ''Reeves and Sons Ltd'' 1891–1976 In 1974, the company was acquired by Reckitt and Colman, and then merged with

Winsor and Newton Winsor & Newton (also abbreviated W&N) is an English manufacturing company based in London that produces a wide variety of fine art products, including acrylics, oils, watercolour, gouache, brushes, canvases, papers, inks, graphite and coloure ...

, following Reckitt and Colman's acquisition in 1976 of the latter company. In 1991, ownership of the "Reeves"

was acquired by Wilhelm Becker, through American conglomerate Colart.Pia Gottschaller
Lucio Fontana: The Artist's Materials
Getty Publications, 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

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