colonies

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The men were for the most part copper-plate engravers and printers, lithographic draughtsmen and printers, painters, and colourers; the women were mounters, illuminators, painters, colourers, and overlookers.

From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles

The print colourers, we are told, lived chiefly in the Pentonville district, or in some of the poorer streets near Leicester Square.

From Children's Books and Their Illustrators by White, Gleeson