Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains ephemera, correspondence, and research files from and/or related to the Leadenhall Press collection compiled by Matthew Young in his research for his book Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press: A Checklist. Items include advertisements designed by Andrew White Tuer for Pears' Soap, as well as advertisement and packaging for Stickphast Paste, Tuer's personal bookplates, and some correspondence written to Tuer. The collection also...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains ephemera, correspondence, and research files from and/or related to the Leadenhall Press collection compiled by Matthew Young in his research for his book Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press: A Checklist. Items include advertisements designed by Andrew White Tuer for Pears' Soap, as well as advertisement and packaging for Stickphast Paste, Tuer's personal bookplates, and some correspondence written to Tuer. The collection also...

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Large red circle with white "PEARS" and small red star at center. "Look steadily... for 30 secords in the centre of the name 'PEARS,' then immediately fix your gaze on the Ceiling, the Sky, or a piece of White Paper... where you will see a disc of pale blueish green... with 'PEARS' in red lettering thereon." Verso: "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! ye Earlie Englyshe Soape, Establyshed 100 Years, Pears' Soap." Young collection no. EPH.28.

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Printed on both sides with "Pastes may come and go but -- [illustration of Stickphast bottle] sticks forever."

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Single sheet printed on both sides. Recto: illustration (unsigned) of a man in shirtsleeves, seen from the rear, holding a large brush with hands on hips, observed admiringly by a woman in a red blouse. Printed in black, red, white, and peach on brown paper. Verso: black type on brown paper, "[Other side, please] STI C.K.P.H. AST PAS T: EST I.C.K.S.” Young collection no. EPH.41.

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These two sheets of paper (forming one leaf) are stuck together with Stickpaste Paste [advertising insert]. The Leadenhall Press. [ca. 1897]. 22 cm. Two leaves glued together: one pink, one white, printed in black and red, two opposite corners folded one to each side reading: “see underneath.” Illustration on both sides printed in black and red: “May Old Friends [Stickphast Paste bottle].” (Date from insertion in The Art Journal, 1897.). Young collection no. EPH.48.

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8 cm. Illustration of two devils hanging Pierrot from a gibbet, roasting him over a burning book on a pitchfork. Cautionary verse in French on scroll across bottom left corner. Motto “Dum Spiro Spero” on floating ribbon. Art by William Harcourt Hooper, with his initials and date in stippled border. Young collection no. AWT.31.

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6 cm. Outline initials “AWT” with motto “Dum Spiro Spero” on stippled background. Warning to book thieves on separate panel. Art attributed to William Harcourt Hooper (unsigned). Young collection no. AWT.32.

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9.5 cm. Illustration of a girl sitting under a tree reading a book with a hornbook suspended from her girdle. Lettering in scrolls. Design and art by Georgie Cave France, sent to Tuer as a Christmas card. Signed in the border: “G. Cave France.” Young collection no. AWT.35.

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7 cm. Illustration of book on chipped blue china plate. “Andrew Tuer thoughtitout 1895 Ambrose Dudley drewitout” in the decorations on the china plate. Tipped onto page with modern handwritten notes about Tuer, with "Book Plates: Ex Libris Collectanea" bookplate. Young collection no. AWT.36.