Edwin Booth as Hamlet from Actors and Actresses series (N406) issued by Marburg Brothers to promote Ten Minute Cigarettes
Trade card from Actors and Actresses series (N406), issued in the 1880s by Marburg Brothers to promote Ten Minute Cigarettes. Color image of actor in costume for role. Brand name in banner on upper border: TEN MINUTES/ CIGARETTES. Back: THE "TEN MINUTES"/ CIGARETTES/ are manufactured of select Havana leaf/ treated with every possible care.--- We/ simply ask a trial and leave the merit/ of the article to the merit of the consumers./ Marburg Bros. Lower left corner: A. HOEN & CO. BALT.
Artwork Details
- Title: Edwin Booth as Hamlet from Actors and Actresses series (N406) issued by Marburg Brothers to promote Ten Minute Cigarettes
- Publisher: Issued by Marburg Brothers (American, 1865–1891)
- Lithographer: A. Hoen & Co. (American, 1835–1981)
- Date: 1880s
- Medium: Commercial color lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/16 × 1 1/2 in. (7.7 × 3.8 cm)
- Classifications: Photographs, Ephemera
- Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
- Object Number: Burdick 225, N406.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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