[Rarebooks] FS: 1891 American Art Society Humbug Fraud Letter

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, Ephemera & Photographs]

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]  $60

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