Thursday 17 March 2016

Salem by Sidney Curnow Vosper

'Salem' (1908) - Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool museums
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/collections/paintings/gallery4/salem.aspx



This painting by Vosper started its life as an artistic depiction of nineteenth century Welsh chapel life. Later purchased by Lever Brothers, thousands of prints were made and loyal Sunlight Soap customers hung the picture in parlours and bedrooms, happy participants in the first ever customer loyalty scheme. One of  these prints graced my grandparents' home and it later made its way into mine.

Sidney Curnow Vosper, ‘Salem’







Salem' (1908) - Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool museums
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/collections/paintings/gallery4/salem.aspx


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