Brighton, from the Beautiful Bathers series (N192) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (9.5 × 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
63.350.216.192.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of late 19th-century American ephemera with *Brighton, from the Beautiful Bathers series (N192)*, a petite commercial color lithograph issued by Wm. S. & Co. in 1889. Printed by master lithographer Julius Bien, 3 3/4 × 2 1/2-inch card captures women in leisurely bathing attire at the seaside resort of Brighton—likely evoking Brighton Beach, a popular New York destination. As part of a tobacco company's promotional series tucked into cigarette packs, it exemplifies how businesses like Kimball, based in Rochester, New York, enticed collectors with alluring imagery dur...
About the Artist
Julius Bien|William S. Kimball & Company (American, Swiss|American) · 1814 |1826 –1896 |1909
American, born Switzerland, 1814/15–1896|American (born Germany), Naumberg 1826–1909 United States