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Poster

1920s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster advertising Abatilles Arcachon mineral water, depicting an angel holding a giant bottle of water.


Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 78.5in
  • Width: 51.25in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Style
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.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Accession number
E.513-1929

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Record createdJuly 19, 2008
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