The Metropolitan Museum of Art - From the Sports Girls series (N463) for Old Port Plug Tobacco

From the Sports Girls series (N463) for Old Port Plug Tobacco

Date:: ca. 1889
Medium:: Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm)
Classification:: Prints
Credit Line:: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Accession Number:: Burdick 226, N463.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 773

Secondary Titles

Two female athletes playing cricket
Description

The "Sports Girls" series of trading cards (N463) was issued by Old Port Plug Tobacco in the late 1880's to promote the company's tobacco products. This series was issued twice, by Cameron & Sizer and Old Port Plug. Each version of the series is identical except for the tobacco company named on the card recto.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Printed text on upper edge of card: CHEW Printed text on lower edge of card: OLD PORT PLUG [verso not visible as card is affixed to original album page]
Provenance

Donor: Jefferson R. Burdick (American, 1900–1963)
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