Van Houten's cocoa : best and goes farthest... : Captain Cuttle / C.J. van Houten & Zoon.

  • Van Houten (Firm)
Date:
[between 1890 and 1899?]
  • Ephemera
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Van Houten's cocoa : best and goes farthest... : Captain Cuttle / C.J. van Houten & Zoon. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

One of a series of advertising cards promoting Van Houten's Cocoa featuring characters from Charles Dickens' work (Mr. Bumble, Mr. Micawber, Captain Cuttle, Samuel Pickwick). The colour image on the front shows the character with a humorous (supposed) quotation extolling the virtues of Van Houten's Cocoa. In this case Captain Cuttle from Dombey and Son.

Publication/Creation

Weesp : Van Houten, [between 1890 and 1899?]

Physical description

1 sheet : illustrations ; 17 cm

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Notes

"Much cheaper and more satisfying than tea or coffee in which there is no nourishment".

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    EPH/91/29

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