Card back from Butterflies of the World series, Set 1 (N217) issued by Kinney Bros. Tobacco Company

Publisher Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American

1880s

Not on view

Back of trade card from Butterflies of the World series, Set 1 (N217), issued in the 1880s by Kinney Bros.Tobacco Company. Card face includes a butterfly with a floral background design. Vertical format. Set 1 (with white background) uses ten of same images as gold background series (Set 2). Two brown ink stamps (on back) -- at top a round Metropolitan Museum stamp and at bottom "Gift of/ J. R. Burdick (underlined). Printed in brown ink: "Butterflies of the World"/ PACKED ONLY WITH/ KINNEY BROS. ' HIGH CLASS/ CIGARETTES (italics and bold)/ **/ THIS COLLECTION OF BUTTERFLIES IS/ SELECTED FROM THE MOST BEAUTI-/ FUL TO BE FOUND ON THE GLOBE./ THE FIFTY, PROPERLY PLACED ACCORD-/ TO NUMBER, FORM A HANDSOME/ BANNER. A KEY, OR PLAN, TO ASSIST IN/ ARRANGING THE CARDS, WILL BE SENT/ FOR SEVEN TICKETS, OR, IF DESIRED, THE/ BANNER, WITHOUT (in italics and bold) ANY ADVERTISEMENT/ ON IT, WILL BE SENT FOR FIFTY TICKETS (in italics and bold)/ THESE CARDS CAN BE RETAINED./ ONLY OUR TICKETS RECEIVED.

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Card back from Butterflies of the World series, Set 1 (N217) issued by Kinney Bros. Tobacco Company
Publisher: Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
Date: 1880s
Medium: Colored photolithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.9 × 3.5 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Object Number: Burdick 217, N217.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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