Lot 149: Wills's Capstan Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes Advertising Print

A framed lithographic advertising print for Wills’s Capstan Navy Cut tobacco and cigarettes. The central image depicts a maritime scene titled The Quay, Brixham, after the original painting by Gyrth Russell, featuring sailing vessels at harbour. The upper section is lettered WILLS’S CAPSTAN Navy Cut in white and grey, with the lower section reading TOBACCO & CIGARETTES W.D. & H.O. WILLS. A small footer reads ISSUED BY THE IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY (OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND), LIMITED. The print is housed in a dark-stained moulded wooden frame, the lower rail of which is incised with the slogan WILLS FOR QUALITY. A printed signature for Gyrth Russell is visible to the lower right corner of the illustration.
Width: 23.25 inches
Height: 17.5 inches.