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[Knight on horseback with flag], Red Cross Plug Tobacco from P. Lorillard Tobacco Company (HP1b)

Publisher P. Lorillard Company American
ca.1890–1900
Not on view
Issued ca.1890–1900 by P. Lorillard Tobacco Company. Image of knight on horseback holding flag with red cross. Printed on flag: RED/ P. Lorillard/ CROSS. Lower center: PLUG TOBACCO. Across bottom edge of image: BALLIN & LIEBER LITH 68 TO 78 PARK PLACE N.Y. Back: description of tobacco product. Note: HP1b has been assigned as a "catch all" for advertising cards for the companies Lorillard and Marburg and covers a number of and wide variety of subjects and images.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: [Knight on horseback with flag], Red Cross Plug Tobacco from P. Lorillard Tobacco Company (HP1b)
  • Publisher: P. Lorillard Company (American)
  • Publisher: Ballin & Liebler Lithography
  • Date: ca.1890–1900
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 3 1/16 in. (13.3 × 7.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: Burdick 6, HP1b.18
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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