He's asleep! : Will she win the gloves? (Hold the transparency against the light to see.) : Regd. patent no. 10,711 / presented by Pears' soap.

  • Pears (A. & F.) Limited
Date:
[between 1890 and 1899?]
  • Ephemera

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Description

Advertising magazine insert, probably from the 1890s for Pear's Soap. The colour illustration shows a man asleep in a chair, a woman bending over him, her face approaching his. When held up to a light the man's eyes open and the words: "I am awake!" appear above his head.

Publication/Creation

London : Pears, [between 1890 and 1899?]

Physical description

1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages) : 1 colour illustration ; 23 cm

Notes

Title from front of leaflet.

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