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Cornflower: Modesty, from the series Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers (N75) for Duke brand cigarettes

Publisher Issued by Duke Cigarette branch of the American Tobacco Company
Lithographer Lithography by Donaldson Brothers American
1892
Not on view
Trade cards from the "Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers" series (N75), issued in a set of 50 cards in 1892 to promote the W. Duke Sons & Co. branch of the American Tobacco Company.

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Object Information
  • Title: Cornflower: Modesty, from the series Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers (N75) for Duke brand cigarettes
  • Publisher: Issued by Duke Cigarette branch of the American Tobacco Company
  • Lithographer: Lithography by Donaldson Brothers (American, New York)
  • Date: 1892
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (7 × 3.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: 63.350.204.75.15
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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