Lantern, from the Miniature Novelties series (N120) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco

Publisher Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American
Lithographer Lithography by Donaldson Brothers American
1891
Not on view
Trade cards from the "Miniature Novelties'" series (N120), issued in an unnumbered set in 1891 by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. Although each card verso states that there are 25 cards in the series, there are 26 variations of known cards. The set was released in 1891 after W. Duke Sons & Co. merged with The American Tobacco Company.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Lantern, from the Miniature Novelties series (N120) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco
  • Publisher: Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)
  • Lithographer: Lithography by Donaldson Brothers (American, New York)
  • Date: 1891
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (6.3 × 10.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: 63.350.206.120.6
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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