Poster
1920s (made)
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Poster advertising Abatilles Arcachon mineral water, depicting an angel holding a giant bottle of water.
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Materials and techniques | colour lithograph |
Brief description | Poster for Abatilles Arcachon mineral water, Leonetto Cappiello, France, 1920s |
Physical description | Poster advertising Abatilles Arcachon mineral water, depicting an angel holding a giant bottle of water. |
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Credit line | Given by Mr C. G. Holme |
Object history | A spring was found in the Abatilles quarter of Arcachon, France, in 1923. The water was found to have therapeutic qualities and was approved to be bottled in 1925. This advertising campaign presumably followed shortly afterwards. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930. |
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Accession number | E.513-1929 |
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Record created | July 19, 2008 |
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