Caption

Advertising poster, beverage advertisement, poster from 1882 promotes Belle of Nelson Sour Mash Whiskey from Louisville, Kentucky. The illustration shows a harem scene in the style of a romanticized Ottoman-Turkish harem or an oriental bath. In the foreground is a dark-skinned man in traditional oriental clothing holding a hookah. He serves several naked or scantily clad white woman who relax in a magnificent bathroom architecture. On a small, artfully decorated wooden table in the foreground is a bottle of the advertised whiskey with glasses, authentic reproduction of a historical advertising poster, advertising sign, in high resolution

Date

Jul 29, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26H79_321

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

205.5Mb (68.5Mb) / 24.6in x 32.5in / 7372 x 9742 (300dpi)

Keywords

several no people nudity black white little Sign promotional sign old-fashioned obsolete table building architecture history alcohol whisky clothing drawing bath embellished poster advertising man woman point North America USA America classic illustration depiction tradition liquor nude typical traditional American beautiful antiquity decorative historic Ottoman shisha Turkish male female dressed relaxed pompous harem decoration hold decorated dark-skinned glass advertising poster serve contemporary nostalgia drawn retro artistic indulgence food slogan person high wooden table US-American meager authentic woodcut former embellishment alcoholic nostalgic oriental splendid vintage announcement style sketch promotion printing method Poster Kentucky replication billboard Historic illustration Wood engraving Call Bottle Beverage advertising Bathroom architecture Ottoman-Turkish bunch of deserted tiny signpost advertising sign oldfashioned outdated structure whiskey clothes ornate placard advertisement guy show United States of America classical representation custom spirit naked characteristic beautifully ancient times historical hooka Turk clothed relaxing magnificent decorative item dark skinned ad poster Retro style artful Human being tall sparse real xylograph spirituous magnificient Historical illustration multiple nobody small old fashioned antiquated construction attire ornamented indicate United States lovely hookah clad restful Sumptuous adorned elaborate People few realistic woodprint statement reproduction outmoded out of date caparisoned US-America nice sheesha relax artfully genuine replica gorgeous water pipe scantily copy fine signs promotional signs tables buildings drawings baths posters men women pointing illustrations depictions traditions liquors Altertum decoratively shishas males females harems decorations holding glasses advertising posters serving artistically indulgence foods slogans persons wood table wooden tables woodcuts formerly embellishments Splendidly announcements styles promotions printing methods Posters billboards Historic illustrations Bottles advertising signs whiskeys ornated guys showing classically customs spirits historically hookas decorative items human Historical illustrations constructions indicating hookahs sheeshas replicas water pipes no one on black dress men's man's women's woman's womans girl points depicting bare traditionally historical image history image history images decor holds decorates serves individual individuals wooden desk vintage-styled shows representing humans indicates relaxes