3-077-867 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for Pears' Soap, 1890. Product endorsed by leading opera singers and actresses of the day. '"I have found it matchless for the hands and complexion - Adelina Patti. "Since using Pears' Soap I have discarded all others" - Lillie Langtry. "For preserving the Complexion, keeping the skin soft, free from redness and roughness, and the hands in nice condition, it is the finest Soap in the world". M. Fortescue'. Good Complexion! and Nice Hands!...A most Eminent Authority on the Skin, Professor Sir Erasmus Wilson, F.RS., Writes in the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine: "The use of a good Soap is certainly calculated to preserve the Skin in health, to maintain its complexion and tone, and prevent its falling into wrinkles. PEARS is a name engraven on the memory of the "oldest inhabitant; and PEARS' Transparent SOAP is an article of the "nicest and most careful manufacture, and one of the most refreshing and agreeable of balms for the Skin". TO persons whose skin is delicate or sensitive to changes in the weather, winter or summer, PEARS' TRANSPARENT SOAP is invaluable...Redness, Roughness and Chapping are prevented, and a clear appearance and soft velvety condition maintained, and a good, healthful and attractive complexion ensured'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.