[Rarebooks] FS: 1891 American Art Society Humbug Fraud Letter
Joslin Hall Rare Books
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Fri Dec 16 15:18:35 EST 2016
From our new catalog-
<http://www.joslinhall.com/Catalog367.pdf>
[Humbugs -Artistic] 1891 Promotional Letter from the Tanqueray Portrait
Society.
Brooklyn, New York, 1891. A promotional letter dated October 13, 1891,
introducing the Society's portrait-making skills and inviting the
recipient to send 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…
Single sheet. 8.5"x11.5". Some soil and wear. [40582] $125
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