Arab House, from the Habitations of Man series (N113) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Smoking and Chewing Tobacco
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (6.4 × 10.5 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
63.350.206.113.21
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th-century advertising with *Arab House*, a charming commercial color lithograph from W. Duke, Sons &.'s *Habitations of Man* (N113), issued around 1890 to promote Honest Long Cut Smoking andwing Tobacco. Produced by Giles Company, this petite (just 2½ × 4⅛ inches) depicts a traditional Arab dwelling, complete with men and donkeys, evoking exotic locales to captivate collectors. These trade cards were everyday ephemera—small prints distributed with tobacco purchases—transforming mundane marketing into coveted keepsakes. Chromolithography, the medium here, revo...
About the Artist
The Giles Company|American Tobacco Company|W. Duke, Sons & Co. (American|American) · 1870 |1800 –1920 |1900
New York and Durham, N.C.|New York, NY