Image of Venus in a clam shell surrounded by robed women in the air and the sea being gifted a box of Smith Brothers Borax by a winged cherub; six vignettes of women and children in the home highlight different uses for Borax around the central image, including for the face and hands, dressing burns, preparing bath water, removing roaches, starching, and shampooing. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Donaldson Brothers operated from approximately 1872-1893. "Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, N.Y."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 60.01 x 74.77 cm (23 5/8 x 29 7/16 in.)
Advertising--Cleaning compounds Advertising--Soap Cherubs (Art) Children--Pictorial works Nannies--Pictorial works Women--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Household Large Size Cleaning Products The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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