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An Old Hen, from the Shadows series (N87) for Duke brand cigarettes

Publisher Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American
Lithographer Lithography by George S. Harris & Sons American
1889
Not on view
Trade cards from the "Shadows" series (N87), issued in a set of 50 cards in 1889 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes. Each card portrays people or animals casting shadows of other images.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: An Old Hen, from the Shadows series (N87) for Duke brand cigarettes
  • Publisher: Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)
  • Lithographer: Lithography by George S. Harris & Sons (American, Philadelphia)
  • Date: 1889
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 1 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (3.8 × 7 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: 63.350.204.87.28
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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