Bubbles aka Admiral Sir William James

Two page spread in The Sketch magazine featuring a portrait of Admiral Sir William James, and, on the opposite page, the famous painting of him done in 1886 by his grandfather, Sir John Everett Millais, first purchased by the Illustrated London News who issued it as a presentation print and then by Messrs. Pears who reproduced it in their famous soap advertisement, bringing Bubbles worldwide fame

Beaton Bubbles Pears Sep23

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