Lasker, Albert (1880–1952) and Claude Hopkins ( (1866-1932), ‘Cleopatra’s vision’ 1917, advertisement for Palmolive soap from The American Magazine, Vol. 83, p.89
When looking at e-bay, I recognized a familiair reclining beauty in pharaonic context, yet in a new setting and a different context:
In the advertisement for soap (related to palm oil and olive oil), Cleopatra reclines on an oriental couch, against a temple facade and further away a pyramid.
The sheet museic dates only two years later, here the frame suggests islamic architecture, the temple changed for the Nile and the pyramid is accompanied by the Great Giza sphinx.
Walton, E.E., cover sheetmusic ‘Egyptian Eye’ 1919, for the song composed by Walter Smith, PublisherF. B. Haviland Pub. Co.
Palmolive ad published in: Kleopatra, die ewige Diva. Exh.cat. (Bundeskunsthalle) Bonn 2013, p.290, ill.255.
for the original advert of the sheet music on ebay click here
Literature:
Daugherty, Gregory N., “Glenn Close Channels Theda Bara in Maxie (1985): A chapter in the Social History of the Snake Bra”, in Monica S. Cyrino (ed), Screening Love and Sex in the Ancient World, New York, Palgrave Macmillan 2013.