Back of Every Good Complexion: Pears' Soap advertisement – Historic Print
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Back of Every Good Complexion: Pears' Soap advertisement
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Pears' Soap, the transparent bar made in London since the late eighteenth century, is the product behind this advertisement, which ties a fine complexion to a daily wash. The firm became one of the most heavily promoted brands of the Victorian era under Thomas J. Barratt, who used posters, magazines and painted signs to link the soap with cleanliness and polished good looks. The copy's promise that a clear complexion was within a shopper's reach shows how consumer advertising in this period sold personal care as a matter of self-improvement.
| Original scan | 592 × 879 px |
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| Reference | 1217 |
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