"Shamrock" - Sir Thomas Lipton vanity fair prints Countess of Wilton

Countess of Wilton

Publication date: 28 June 1900

a messenger rushes in through a door to right

a landowner and yachtsman

Condition: good - some foxing and discolouration

"Shamrock" - Sir Thomas Lipton vanity fair prints Countess of WiltonAntique Vanity Fair print. Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton (10 May 1848 2 October 1931) was a Scotsman of Irish parentage who was a self made man, merchant, and yachtsman. He engaged in extensive advertising for his chain of grocery stores and his brand of Lipton teas. He boasted that his secret for success was selling the best goods at the cheapest prices, harnessing the power of advertising, and always being optimistic. He was the most persistent