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ca. 1800's - "Cherry Ripe" - 5x7" - Authentic Antique Chromolithograph Advertising Trade Card
Life Imitates Art: This "Cherry Ripe" advertising lithograph is based upon an 1879 painting.
Sir John Everett Millais - 19th Century Lithograph Art Print Artist - NOT the common "Pears Soap" version!
Please read more below. MANY 19th Century trade card images are adapted from popular art of the day.It is rare that the "art" behind a trade card image is as fascinating and as well documented as this example!Brown's Ginger Hot Drink, Frederick Brown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. / Ginger Tea Drink Stimulant "Nothing can give more comfort ... than a HOT DRINK made from the Genuine Brown's Ginger.... etc.
View More GREAT Medicine & Cure Cards... Click: (( MORE BOTTLE CARDS )) Approx. 5 x 7 inches - Condition... shows age with flaws. Please study the scans.- NOTE:I have included a screen shot in this listing from a Wikipedia page about "Cherry Ripe."Cherry Ripe is an English song which contains the refrain:
Cherry ripe, cherry ripe, / Ripe I cry, / Full and fair ones / Come and buy....John Everett Millais (1829-1896) “Cherry Ripe” Painting (1879)Millais had his niece Lucinda Ruby pose for the portrait only a matter of days beforeshe was tragically killed under the arches of London Bridge station.Tales are told of the Cherry Ripe song being sung by a mysterious voice through the catacombs.The British firm, Pears Soap, issued a "Cherry Ripe" print which is far more common than this one...THIS CARD = "The Hatch Lithographic Co., New York." - imprinted for an American medicine company!View More GREAT Medicine & Cure Cards... Click: (( MORE BOTTLE CARDS ))
130+ Years Old - 19th Century Patent Medicine: Bottle Quack Remedy Dr Cure Drugstore Doctor etc. Trade Card
+ Over 1,000+ more fabulous antique & vintage cards are currently listed at the Dave Cheadle Card Store. To See More of the BEST 19th Century Cards Click Here: (( MORE GREAT CARDS ))+ Over 1,000+ more fabulous antique & vintage cards are currently listed at the Dave Cheadle Card Store.FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING * MORE GREAT pre-1900 - Medicine / Beverage / Health & Beauty, etc. = use "Search store" Visit store: Click this Hot Link: Dave Cheadle Card Store - Displays with evidence of aging, flaws and wear, as seen in HUGE scans far above.
Please ... SEE the above HUGE SCANS to note any and all FLAWS!
Size: -- see ruler in the scans. All of the Dave Cheadle Card Store cards are Authentic Antiques = 100% Guaranteed Original
After approx. 50 years of collecting, I'm thinning my archives of thousands and thousands of pre-1900 cards. My inventory includes items ranging from common and affordable cards
to one-of-a-kind rarities that I have used to illustrate my over 150 articles that I have authored, along with numerous books I've published, including My ... now out-of-print 1996 classic book that helped establish the name for the category and
helped define the hobby of Victorian Trade Card collecting: VICTORIAN TRADE CARDS
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