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Emmy Meffert, from the Actors and Actresses series (N342), Type 2b, issued by Thomas H. Hall Tobacco to promote Between the Acts and Bravo Cigarettes.

Publisher Issued by Thomas H. Hall Tobacco
Lithographer F. Heppenheimer's Sons American
1880–92
Not on view
Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N342), Type 2b, issued 1880-1892 by Thomas H. Hall Tobacco. There are five types of cards in the series, differentiated by the variation of oval frame surrounding the card subject.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Emmy Meffert, from the Actors and Actresses series (N342), Type 2b, issued by Thomas H. Hall Tobacco to promote Between the Acts and Bravo Cigarettes.
  • Publisher: Issued by Thomas H. Hall Tobacco
  • Lithographer: F. Heppenheimer's Sons (American)
  • Date: 1880–92
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (7.7 × 4 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: 63.350.223.342.268
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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