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Publisher A. & F. Pears British
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A cleaning woman wearing an apron and holding a dripping cloth washes the Venus de Milo. Printed text at upper left, simulating a message written by the company to the artist: "This is all wrong! We asked for a Hercules–not an armless–drawing of the nude. Going to press soon so let us have another in time please. Pears"
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Title: Advertisement for Pears Soap
Publisher:
A. & F. Pears (British, established 1807)
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Color lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 10 11/16 in. (38.8 × 27.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1958
Accession Number: 58.544.1
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