Assyrian 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: 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.4 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
63.350.206.113.5
Tags
Art Historical Context
This small but vibrant commercial color lithograph from 1890 belongs to the “Habitations of Man” series (N113), a set of trading cards issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Smoking and Chewing Tobacco. Measuring just over four by two-and-a-half inches, the card depicts an “Assyrian House,” part of a larger educational effort that introduced American consumers to architectural styles from around the world and across history. Produced by the Giles Company through the newly efficient process of color lithography, the image combines bold hues and crisp detail to make an ancient ...
About the Artist
The Giles Company|W. Duke, Sons & Co.|American Tobacco Company (American|American) · 1870 |1800 –1920 |1900
New York and Durham, N.C.|New York, NY