Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Van Houten (Firm)
Title:: Trade cards for Van Houten's cocoa.
Published / Created:: England?, [ca. 1880?]
Physical Description:: 3 trade cards : color illustrations, 8 x 12 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
HC1 .V36 1880 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Prints
Notes:: Title supplied by cataloger.
The three trade cards are illustrated with color illustrations of birds: an icterine warbler, a corn-crake, and a linnet. The verso of each card includes a short description of the featured bird, followed by an advertisement for Van Houten's Cocoa.
Subject Terms:: Van Houten (Firm) | Birds. | Cocoa. | Cocoa trade -- Great Britain. | Food industry and trade -- Great Britain. | Food -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Form/Genre:: Chromolithographs -- 1880. | Trade cards (advertising) | Printed ephemera. | Advertisements.