Alice Hood as Turkish Jewess, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ephemera
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Accession Number
63.350.204.71.4
Tags
Art Historical Context
This charming chromolithograph, *Alice Hood as Turkish Jew*, is a tiny gem from the late 1880s, produced by W. Duke, Sons & Co. in collaboration with Knapp & Company. Part of the "Actors andresses, Second Series" (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, it just 2¾ x 1½ inches—perfectly sized as a collectible insert in cigarette packs. Actresses like Alice Hood were celebrated stars of the Victorian theater scene, often depicted in exotic costumes that evoked Orientalist fantasies popular in Western entertainment of the era. As a commercial color lithograph, the print showcases the vibrant, multi-laye...
About the Artist
W. Duke, Sons & Co.|Knapp & Company · 1870–1920
**W. Duke, Sons & Co.: Pioneers of Chromolithographic Trade Card Art** W. Duke, Sons & Co., an American tobacco manufacturer, emerged from the entrepreneurial vision of Washington Duke (1820–1905) and his sons in Durham, North Carolina. After the Civil War, Washington abandoned farming in 1874 to join his eldest son, Brodie L. Duke, in the burgeoning tobacco trade, establishing a factory that for...