Bovril advertising poster: woman and child on stairs – Vintage Poster Wall Art
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Description
Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Bovril advertising poster: woman and child on stairs. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Bovril advertising poster: woman and child on stairs
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Bovril, the thick meat extract sold in jars since the 1880s, is the product this poster was designed to sell, and the scene of a woman and child on a staircase is a deliberate piece of domestic reassurance. Advertisers of the late Victorian and Edwardian years often placed everyday family moments beside their products to suggest that a nourishing drink was a routine part of home life. Posters like this one were pasted on hoardings and station walls, so they had to read clearly at a distance. Look at how the figures are simplified into bold outlines and flat color, a style typical of the commercial lithography of the period.
| Original scan | 620 × 896 px |
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| Reference | 397 |
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