[Little Girls in winter with basket], The Pet Cigarettes from Allen & Ginter Advertising Cards (H233)
From Allen & Ginter Advertising Cards (H233). Issued in the 1880s by Allen & Ginter, Richmond Virginia. Color scenes of children in various tableaus. Gold edges. Back: advertising for Pet Cigarettes and Richmond Straight Cut brands. A. Hoen lithographers. Printed on edges clockwise from top: The Pet Cigarettes are the Best, and highest cost Gold Leaf grown. ALLEN & GINTER, MANUFACTURING/ RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Made from the most Delicately Flavored.
Artwork Details
- Title: [Little Girls in winter with basket], The Pet Cigarettes from Allen & Ginter Advertising Cards (H233)
- Publisher: Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
- Lithographer: A. Hoen & Co. (American, 1835–1981)
- Date: 1880s
- Medium: Commercial color lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 2 13/16 in. (9 × 7.2 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
- Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
- Object Number: Burdick 5, H233.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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