V from Presidential Puzzle Cards (N291) issued by D. Buchner & Co.
V from Presidential Puzzle Cards (N291). Issued in 1888 by D. Buchner & Co., New York to promote Victory Smoking Tobacco. Political cartoon and four-line poem portraying potential candidates related to Presidential Election of 1888. 12 cards make up a puzzle that spells "CLEVELANDS VICTORY" and forms a portrait of Grover Cleveland. Giles Co., New York lithographer. Unnumbered cards. Back: WE WILL PACK IN THE/ VICTORY SMOKING TOBACCO,/ DURING THE CAMPAIGN/ YEAR OF 1888. THE PRES-/ IDENTIAL PUZZLE CONSIST-/ ING OF 12 CARDS./ EXPLANATION FOR/ ARRANGING THEM WILL BE/ FOUND ON CARDS MARKED S AND Y./ COPYRIGHTED 1888. GILES LITHOGRAPHIC & LIBERTY PRINTING CO.
Artwork Details
- Title: V from Presidential Puzzle Cards (N291) issued by D. Buchner & Co.
- Publisher: Issued by D. Buchner & Co., New York (American, 19th century)
- Lithographer: Giles Lithographic Company (New York, NY and Boston, Massachusetts)
- Date: 1888
- Medium: Commercial color lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (9.2 × 6.3 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
- Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
- Object Number: Burdick 222, N291.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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