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Mlle La Grant, from the Actresses series (N250) issued by P. Lorillard Company to promote Sweet Russet Plug Tobacco

Publisher Issued by P. Lorillard Company American
1880
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Trade cards from the "Actresses" series (N250), issued in 1880 by P. Lorillard Company. The series was issued in two sets with identical imagery that promote two separate brands of tobacco distributed by P. Lorillards Co., Sweet Russet-Plug Tobacco and Blot Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mlle La Grant, from the Actresses series (N250) issued by P. Lorillard Company to promote Sweet Russet Plug Tobacco
  • Publisher: Issued by P. Lorillard Company (American)
  • Date: 1880
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 1 5/8 in. (6.6 × 4.1 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: 63.350.221.250.17
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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