Advertisement for the Aetna Insurance Company, Hartford
A man wearing a top hat, coat, vest, breeches and hose holds a bag, presumably of money and a scroll of paper with the word "Insurance" on it. He... Show moreA man wearing a top hat, coat, vest, breeches and hose holds a bag, presumably of money and a scroll of paper with the word "Insurance" on it. He offers these to a woman, a girl and three young children, all in classical dress. The woman also wears a cap. A ruined building is in flames in the left background. A volcano, presumably Mount Etna in Sicily, is in eruption at the right. A sailing vessel is in a bay nearby. Inscribed in plate beneath image: "Aetna Insurance Company." Signed in plate, lower left: "E. Tisdale del." Lower right: "A. Willard sc." Show less