Birobin Promesa - Antique Spanish Pharmacy Advertising Card - c.1950

Advertising card from the Madrid laboratory Promesa for Birobin coated tablets, sent by post to a doctor in Benidorm. The front carries a printed reproduction of Henri Regnault's painting "Automedon with the Horses of Achilles", signed in the image "H. Reynault".

Medium: Photomechanical reproduction
Artist / after: Henri Regnault (1843-1871), painter of the work reproduced
Date: c. 1940-1950
Source: Promesa, Productos Medicinales S. A., Piamonte 7, Madrid
Dimensions: 4.7 x 6.3 in (12 x 16 cm)
Condition: Poor. A cut and tear in the left margin, a tear at the upper right corner, pronounced folds and staining. The verso retains the advertising text and the addressee's name in full.