Atlantic City, from the Fancy Bathers series (N187) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 1/2 in. (6.9 × 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
63.350.216.187.11
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of late 19th-century American advertising with *Atlantic City, from the Bathers series (N)*, a charming commercial color lithograph produced by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. in1889. This petite print, measuring just 2 11/16 × 1 1/2 inches, captures the leisurely allure of Atlantic City, New Jersey's famed seaside resort. Issued as part of a popular cigarette card series, it elegant women in bathing attire accompanied by playful dogs, evoking the era's fascination with beach culture and genteel recreation. Chromolithography, the medium here, was a revolutionary technique tha...
About the Artist
William S. Kimball & Company
**William S. Kimball & Company**, a pioneering American tobacco manufacturer, was established in 1846 in Rochester, New York, by William S. Kimball and James C. Hart. The firm quickly grew into one of the city's largest employers, particularly of women, producing popular brands like Peerless chewing tobacco, Rigatta and Fireside smoking tobacco, and Vanity Fair cigarettes. Under Kimball's leadersh...