Canterbury Bells: Constancy, from the series Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers (N75) for Duke brand cigarettes
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (7 × 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
63.350.204.75.31
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th-century advertising with *Canterbury Bells: Constancy*, a charming commercial color lithograph produced by the Donaldson Brothers for the American Tobacco Company's Duke brand cigarettes in 1892. Part of the "Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers" series (N75), this petite print (just 2¾ × 1½ inches) features delicate depictions of women entwined with blooming Canterbury bells, embodying the flower's Victorian symbolism of unwavering constancy and gratitude in the language of flowers, or floriography. These ephemera were tucked into cigarette packs as pro...
About the Artist
Donaldson Brothers|American Tobacco Company (American| ) · 1850 | –1870 |
American, New York|