1900 full page UK  newspaper advertising for Cadbury Cocoa

$35.00 CAD

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Full page advert from The Illustrated London News April 14 1900, page #515.

Image of rower having a hot chocolate before getting on scull along with his crew.

“CADBURY’S Cocoa is the Best”
CADBURY’s Cocoa is a perfect beverage, containing all of the nutritive and stimulating properties of the cocoa bean...For Athletes is it invaluable;…”
 

Could be work of Cecil Aldin.

On back, text titled ‘LADIES PAGE’ along with nice image of ladies dressed in latest coats.

Top of page bit creased and couple small tears.  Water damage at bottom, just below image.

39.5 x 27.5 cm

Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, (1870 –1935), was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life. Aldin executed village scenes and rural buildings in chalk, pencil and also wash sketching. He was an enthusiastic sportsman and a Master of Fox Hounds, and many of his pictures illustrated hunting. Aldin's early influences included Randolph Caldecott and John Leech.

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