Fame proclaiming the virtues of the remedy Tabonuco Pectoral. Colour lithograph, ca. 1921.

  • Alvarado Hermanos (Barranquilla and El Banco, Colombia)
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[1921?]
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45259i
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Fame proclaiming the virtues of the remedy Tabonuco Pectoral. Colour lithograph, ca. 1921. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Advertisement for a proprietary remedy for respiratory diseases. Above, a woman blows the trumpet of fame and holds a palm for bestowal on a bottle of Tabonuco Pectoral. A label on the bottle is inscribed "Tónico balsámico". Below, the globe, with Colombia to the front, lit by the sun, is surrounded by a wreath of oak and a wreath of laurel, and by three certificates. The top certificate on the left bears a condor standing on two cornucopias marked "Hipocrates" and "Galeno"; above, the motto "Labor omnia vincit improbus"; below, the coat of arms of the Republic of Colombia (pomegranite, cornucopias, liberty bonnet and isthmus of Panama), with, further below, a bottle of Tabonuco Pectoral surrounded by two snakes and pharmaceutical equipment; to the sides, the words "Producto Colombiano". Upper certificate on the right records award of gold medal to Alvarada Hermanos for Tabonuco Pectoral in Bogotà, 30 August 1919, at the Exposición Nacional, República de Colombia, 1919. Lower certificate on the right marks award of gold medal at the Provincia de Ocaña Exposicion Industrial Artistica y Agropec[uaria] de 1921, Departamento Norte de Santander. The two gold medals are shown suspended from the laurel wreath

Publication/Creation

Barranquilla, Columbia [Colombia] ; El Banco, Columbia [Colombia] : Alvarada Hermanos, [1921?] (Aarau, Suiza [Switzerland] : A. Trüb y Cia)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 93.4 x 62.5 cm

Lettering

Tabonuco Pectoral. Cuya eficacia no ha sido igualada en al tratamiento de las enfermedades de las vias respiratorias. Para ventas al por mayor Alvarado Hermanos, Barranquilla y El Banco (Columbia) A. Trüb y Cia, Aarau (Suiza)

References note

M. Robert-Sterkendries, La santé s'affiche, Bruxelles: Therabel, 2003, no. 74, p. 47

Reference

Wellcome Collection 45259i

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