Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty, from the Views series (N53, variation 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes
Allen & Ginter
ca. 1892
Medium
Albumen photograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. (6.4 x 3.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
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
63.350.203.53.1
Tags
New York CityMonuments
About the Artist
Allen & Ginter
Allen & Ginter, the pioneering American tobacco firm based in Richmond, Virginia, emerged around 1880 from the partnership of John F. Allen and Lewis Ginter, evolving from Allen's earlier John F. Allen & Company. Allen retired in 1882, succeeded by John Pope, yet the brand endured under Ginter's leadership, employing over 1,100 workers—mostly women—for hand-rolled cigarettes by 1886. Ginter, a Dut...