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[Native American offering tobacco to nude woman], Century Fine Cut from P. Lorillard Tobacco Company (HP1b)

Publisher P. Lorillard Company American
Lithographer Sarony, Major & Knapp American
ca.1880–90
Not on view
Issued ca.1880–90 by P. Lorillard Tobacco Company. Image of Native American offering tobacco leaves to a nude woman surrounded by animals in a forest. Gold/green border. On top in red: P. LORILLARD./ Century FINE CUT. At bottom of image: 16 Chambers St. New York./ TOBACCOS AND SNUFFS. On bottom border: SEND FOR CIRCULAR. On lower border of image: LITH. OF SARONY, MAJOR & KNAPP 449 Broadway, N.York. 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: [Native American offering tobacco to nude woman], Century Fine Cut from P. Lorillard Tobacco Company (HP1b)
  • Publisher: P. Lorillard Company (American)
  • Lithographer: Sarony, Major & Knapp (American, New York)
  • Date: ca.1880–90
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 5/8 in. (27.1 × 21.9 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: Burdick 6, HP1b.23
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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