Artist's paint pallette, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 4) issued by Kinney Bros.
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (6.4 × 4.1 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
Burdick 218, N228.125
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th-century advertising with *Artist's Paint Palette* from Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company's Novelties series (N, Type 4), a delightful 1889 commercial color lithograph. Measuring just 2½ × 1⅝ inches, this tiny ephemera was tucked into cigarette packs to entice collectors, blending promotion with whimsy. Featuring motifs of women and flowers, evokes the era's fascination with artistic pursuits and feminine grace, perhaps portraying a lady artist amid blooming palettes. Chromolithography, the medium here, revolutionized mass printing by layering colors for vivid...
About the Artist
Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company · 1869–2011
**Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company (1869–2011)** Founded around 1869 by Francis Sherwood Kinney in New York City, the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company quickly rose to prominence in the burgeoning American cigarette industry. Francis, a pioneering tobacco manufacturer, experimented with hand-rolled cigarettes using blends of Turkish and Virginia tobacco, scaling to mass production by employing Europ...