Feast of Guadalupe, Mexico, from the Holidays series (N80) for Duke brand cigarettes
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 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
63.350.204.80.31
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the late 19th century, American tobacco companies like W., Sons & Co. marketing by inserting colorful collectible cards into cigarette packs, sparking a collecting craze among adults and children alike. This petite commercial color lithograph,Feast of Guadalupe,*, from the Holidays series (N80), dates to 1890 was produced in collaboration with Philadelphia printer George S. Harris &. Measuring just 2¾ x 1½ inches, it likely served as a insert, capturing the vibrant of Mexico's Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe—a major Catholic holiday on December 12th honoring the Virgin Mary's apparition to J...
About the Artist
W. Duke, Sons & Co.|George S. Harris & Sons · 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...