Bovril Prevents That Sinking Feeling
Poster
ca.1920 (issued)
ca.1920 (issued)
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The advertising agency S. H. Benson Ltd (1893-1971) introduced a new concept of total campaign management. Bovril Ltd was their founding account, and the early Bovril campaigns were outstandingly ambitious and successful. Slogans such as ‘Bovril Prevents that Sinking Feeling’, ‘Alas! My Poor Brother’ (see E.147-1973) and ‘Wherever did I put that Bovril?’ became conversational catch phrases. Humour played a large part in the campaigns. Figures like the pyjama-clad man (here floating on his jar of Bovril) established themselves with a public willing to be amused.
Object details
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| Title | Bovril Prevents That Sinking Feeling |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithography |
| Brief description | 'Bovril Prevents That Sinking Feeling'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Bovril meat extract, featuring a man in pyjamas, using a large jar of Bovril to keep afloat on the sea. Design by Herbert H. Harris. Produced by S H Benson Ltd.. Great Britain. ca.1920. |
| Physical description | 'Bovril Prevents That Sinking Feeling'. Colour lithograph poster advertising Bovril meat extract. The design features a man wearing blue and white striped pyjamas, floating in the middle of the sea on a large jar of Bovril. Text in yellow along top and bottom of sheet. Signed. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed. |
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| Summary | The advertising agency S. H. Benson Ltd (1893-1971) introduced a new concept of total campaign management. Bovril Ltd was their founding account, and the early Bovril campaigns were outstandingly ambitious and successful. Slogans such as ‘Bovril Prevents that Sinking Feeling’, ‘Alas! My Poor Brother’ (see E.147-1973) and ‘Wherever did I put that Bovril?’ became conversational catch phrases. Humour played a large part in the campaigns. Figures like the pyjama-clad man (here floating on his jar of Bovril) established themselves with a public willing to be amused. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1 |
| Other number | 17/C7 - V&A microfiche |
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| Accession number | E.1190-1983 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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