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Peter Cooper, Stephen Girard, Horace Greeley, from the Great Americans series (N112) to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco manufactured by W. Duke Sons & Co.

Publisher Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American
Lithographer Cosack & Co. American
1888
Not on view
Trade cards from the "Great Americans" series (N112), issued in a set of 16 cards in 1888 to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco, manufactured by W. Duke Sons & Co. This set uses images from the N76 series, placing three portraits side-by-side on each card.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Peter Cooper, Stephen Girard, Horace Greeley, from the Great Americans series (N112) to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco manufactured by W. Duke Sons & Co.
  • Publisher: Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)
  • Lithographer: Cosack & Co.
  • Date: 1888
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.8 × 6.1 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: 63.350.205.112.7
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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