Dorothy Dene in Colors of Columbia Yacht Club, from the Yacht Colors of the World series (N140) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 in. × 2 1/2 in. (10.1 × 6.3 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
63.350.207.140.13
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 1890s advertising with *Dorothy Dene in of Columbia Yacht Club*, a charming commercial color lithograph from W. Duke, Sons & Co.'s *Yacht Colors of the* series (N140). Issued to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco, this print—measuring just 4 × 2½ inches—exemplifies the era's clever marketing ephemera. Tobacco companies distributed these collectible cards to entice smokers, blending luxury leisure like yachting with eye-catching portraits of elegant women draped in club burgees and flags. Dorothy Dene, the striking subject, was a renowned English actress and artist'...
About the Artist
W. Duke, Sons & Co. · 1870–1920
**W. Duke, Sons & Co.: Pioneers of Chromolithographic Trade Card Art** W. Duke, Sons & Co., an American tobacco manufacturer, emerged from the entrepreneurial vision of Washington Duke (1820–1905) and his sons in Durham, North Carolina. After the Civil War, Washington abandoned farming in 1874 to join his eldest son, Brodie L. Duke, in the burgeoning tobacco trade, establishing a factory that for...