A nursemaid (?) holding a senile man in her lap and feeding him with "Maraliment", a proprietary seaweed soup. Colour lithograph by L. Cappiello, 1920.

  • Cappiello, Leonetto, 1875-1942.
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[1920]
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11994i
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Looking at the man in this poster in the 1980s, the poster-designer Abram Games said "He looks extraordinarily like me!"

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[Paris] : [publisher not identified], [1920] (Paris : Imprimerie Publicité Etabl[issemen]ts Vercasson, 6 Rue Martel, Janvier 1920)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 137.5 x 98 cm

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Pour les enfants, les vieillards et pour tous. La cure marine Maraliment, suraliment aux algues marines. Ce potage est en vente chez tous les épiciers. L. Cappiello.

References note

Jack Rennert, Cappiello: the posters of Leonetto Cappiello, New York 2004, no. 276 ("Designed a few years earlier, it was printed in 1920, three years after Cappiello left Vercasson")

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Wellcome Collection 11994i

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