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The Promenade [Frogs with cane and parasol], Vanity Fair Cigarettes Advertisement from William S. Kimball & Co. (H237)

Lithographer Major & Knapp American
1880s
Not on view
From Vanity Fair Cigarettes (H237). Issued in the 1880s by William S. Kimball & Co. Advertising card. "Drawing" of frogs carrying a cane and parasol. The Major & Knapp & Co. lithographers. Printed at top: VANITY FAIR/ FOR MEERSCHAUMS/ AND/ CIGARETTES. Lower right: Wm. S. KIMBALL. & CO./ PEERLESS TOBACCO WORKS,/ ROCHESTER,/ N.Y. Bottom center: THE PROMENADE./ The Major & Knapp Eng.Mtg & Lith.Co.56 Park Place, N.Y. Lower left: DOES NOT BITE/ THE TONGUE.

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Object Information
  • Title: The Promenade [Frogs with cane and parasol], Vanity Fair Cigarettes Advertisement from William S. Kimball & Co. (H237)
  • Publisher: William S. Kimball & Company
  • Lithographer: Major & Knapp (New York, NY)
  • Date: 1880s
  • Medium: Commercial lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 7/16 in. (27.3 × 21.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: Burdick 5, H237.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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