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Beer In Ads Special Edition: John Gilroy

January 16, 2010 By Jay Brooks

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You probably know John Gilroy’s advertising artwork, even if the name is not familiar. John Gilroy is responsible for the iconic Guinness ads that ran from 1927 through the 1960s. Featuring toucans, kangaroos, bears, ostriches and other animals along with the occasional steel-carrying strongman, lumberjack and zookeeper, the roughly fifty posters Gilroy produced are some of the most famous beer ads ever done. So many of his posters are famous that it seems a shame not to highlight them separately from the other ads I’ve been featuring during the week. So each Saturday I’ll post a new Guinness poster or ad. Gilroy is believed to have done nearly 50 of the posters and another 100 print ads for Guinness over a 35-year period working on the Guinness account, first with a firm, and later as a freelancer.

Below is a sample of what you’ll see over the coming year or two, every Saturday.

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For more about John Gilroy, see Wikipedia (and their page on Guinness advertising), Celtic Shamrock, Newcastle University (where Gilroy was an alum), Journal Live and especially at the Guinness Collector’s Club, which has a great biography page.

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: Europe, Guinness, Ireland



Comments

  1. Peter Elzer ( Winewhse) says

    January 18, 2010 at 8:13 am

    Cool beans Jay. Keep them coming.

  2. Ernie P Young says

    September 26, 2011 at 11:48 am

    I have original artwork by John Gilroy, one # 11 dated 1935 and one #14 dated 1959 signed by Gilroy. I have them both up for sale as a pair if you would like to make an offer, please email me at my email address.
    thank you,

    Ernie P Young.

    • Steve Tedds says

      June 28, 2012 at 11:53 am

      Ernie,
      Please e mail me at sales.etm@virgin.net
      if you still have your artwork for sale
      Regards
      Steve Tedds

  3. Roberto says

    January 21, 2017 at 12:54 pm

    I have original 1949 no 9 by John Gilroy poster with his signature print is this poster rare

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