[Rarebooks] FS: 1891 Portrait Society Fraud Solicitation Letter

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1891 Circular Letter from the Tanqueray Portrait Society.

Brooklyn, New York, 1891.

DISCUSSION: A circular letter dated October 13, 1891, introducing the 
Society's portrait-making skills and inviting the recipient to send a 
photograph for a high-quality crayon portrait by a Society artist, a $25 
value, free of charge. In return they hope you will recommend the 
Society's portrait-making skills to your friends, and display your 
portrait in your home. On the reverse side are a number of testimonials. 
An internet search brings up a few interesting facts about this firm- on 
August 29, 1893 they were banned from using the U.S. mails, and after 
that they apparently moved overseas, as a note in the June 29, 1902 
Perth Sunday Times notes that the Times, and a number of readers, have 
received the offer of a free portrait from the Tanqueray Portrait 
Society in Paris. A few weeks after sending their photograph, one 
correspondent received a letter announcing that the portrait was 
complete, and so beautiful that it would look especially nice framed- 
and the Society has a catalog of frames for sale they would like to 
send. If you do not wish your portrait framed you may have it, and your 
original photograph, back for free, plus the modest cost of handing and 
shipping...

DESCRIPTION & CONDITION: Single sheet. 8.5"x11.5". Some soil and wear. 
[40582]

PRICE: $125

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