Coney Island, 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
63.350.216.192.4
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of late 19th-century American leisure with *Coney Island* from the *Beautiful Bathers* series (N192), a charming commercial color lithograph issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. in 1889. Produced by lithographer Julius Bien and the tobacco company, this petite print (just 3 3/4 × 2 1/2 inches) captures the allure of Coney Island, New York's iconic beach resort that drew crowds for sun, sea, and spectacle during the Gilded Age. Featuring graceful profiles of women in bathing attire, it reflects the era's fascination with emerging beach culture and feminine beauty, often id...
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