"He introduces his art to America via Cashmere Bouquet Soap," reads the headline in an advertising pamphlet issued by Colgate & Co. Arthur Rackham, distinguished British artist, has painted an advertising series in the interest of national cleanliness and fragrance.
No longer will it be necessary for admirers of this eminent painter's queer, gnarled and gnomish trees and ladies in old-fashioned caps and flounces, to seek his work in the Luxembourg Museum in Paris, the Tate Gallery (London), the Municipal Collections of Vienna and Barcelona. They may be found wherever soap is likely to...
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