Lot 227: Ashby's Staines Brewery Ltd Framed Advertisement

Ashby’s Staines Brewery Ltd advertising card. The illustration depicts a tavern exterior in the 18th-century manner, featuring a gentleman in a red frock coat and powdered wig seated on a green bench. He holds a glass of ale and a bottle with a label for Ashby’s Double Stout. A second figure in a brown coat and tricorne hat stands opposite. A barmaid is visible at an open window. Background detailing includes a church spire and fields. Lettering to the building facade reads ASHBY’S STAINES BREWERY ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY, with a hanging sign for ASHBY’S ALES. A lower slogan states Better than all your Physic Doc!. The print is set in a dark-stained wooden frame with a gold-tone inner slip. Printed to the lower left margin COPYRIGHT DESIGN, UNDER ACT OF 1911. Printed to the lower right margin PRINTERS: POULSON, FIELD & CO. 6, HENRIETTA ST. W.C.

25.5 inches by 21.5 inches.