Hammock, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 3) issued by Kinney Bros.
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet (Round): 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 in. (4 × 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
Burdick 218, N228.81
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th-century American advertising with *Hammock, from Novelties series (228, Type 3)*, a delightful chromolithograph issued by the Kinney Brothers Company in 1889 This petite, round card—measuring just 1 9/16 inches across—was one of many collectible inserts packaged with tobacco products, designed to captivate smokers and spark a collecting craze. Produced during the height of the "trade card" boom, it exemplifies how companies like Kinney Bros. used eye-catching imagery to promote their brands amid fierce competition in the Gilded Age tobacco market. Crafted v...
About the Artist
Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company · 1869–2011
**Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company (1869–2011)** Founded around 1869 by Francis Sherwood Kinney in New York City, the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company quickly rose to prominence in the burgeoning American cigarette industry. Francis, a pioneering tobacco manufacturer, experimented with hand-rolled cigarettes using blends of Turkish and Virginia tobacco, scaling to mass production by employing Europ...