Governor Pennoyer, Oregon, from "Governors, Arms, Etc." series (N133-1), issued by Duke Sons & Co.
ca. 1888
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 9/16 × 4 5/16 in. (6.5 × 11 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
63.350.207.133.23
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th American ephemera with *Governor Pennoyer, Oregon a colorful lithograph from the "Governors, Arms, Etc." (N133-1), produced around 1888 by W. Duke, Sons & Co., a prominent tobacco manufacturer. This petite card (just 2 9/16 × 4 5/16 inches) captures Sylvester Pennoyer, Oregon's governor from 1887 to 1895, in a formal portrait flanked by the state's coat of arms and flag. Such designs celebrated national pride and civic leaders, blending portraiture with patriotic symbols. Issued as inserts in cigarette packs, these commercial color lithographs were ingeniou...
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...