Rowntree's elect cocoa / Beggarstaffs. – Vintage Wall Art
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Rowntree's elect cocoa / Beggarstaffs., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Rowntree's elect cocoa / Beggarstaffs.
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This color poster advertising Rowntree's Elect Cocoa was made by the Beggarstaff Brothers, the partnership of William Nicholson and James Pryde, and dates to London in 1895. Rowntree's was a Quaker family firm based in York and a leading British maker of cocoa and chocolate. The Beggarstaffs favored flat, bold shapes with little modeling, an approach influenced by Japanese woodblock prints, and their simplified style helped spark a wave of poster art in London during the 1890s. The piece shows how commercial advertising was becoming a serious form of modern graphic design.
| Created / published | [London, 1895] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Advertisements Great Britain 1890-1900.Posters British 1890-1900.Prints Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: Gt. Brit. C45. 1895. Poster by Beggarstaff Brothers. |
| Subjects | Beverage industry--Great Britain--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,147 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173933 |
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