'Girl Taking Eye Water from Distinguished Gentleman' USA, c.1890 (lithograph)

Advertisement for Eye Water, Troy, NY On the reverse reads; “ Dr. ISAAC THOMPSON”S CELEBRATED EYE WATER, FOR ALL COMPLAINTS OF THE EYES. Each Battle is stamped with my Proprietary Stamp. None other Genuine. THE GENUINE EYE WATER is enfolded in an engraved envelope, on which is the likeness of the Original Inventor, DR. ISAAC THOMPSON, NEW LONDON, CONN. with a facsimile of his signature; also the signature of JOHN L. THOMPSON, with a note of hand signed by JOHN L. THOMPSON, 161 River Street. Troy, N. Y. None other can be genuine. This well-known and thoroughly efficient remedy has acquired a world wide reputation, having been before the public for over eighty-five years, and it is a remarkable fact, that its reputation has been sustained simply by the morale of the medicine, as the many thousands, who have used it, will bear testimony. IT MERITS STAND UNRIVALED. In constant use since 1795. Price………25 Cents Per Bottle. JOHN L. THOMPSON, Prop’r, Troy, N.Y.”