Honduras, from the International Cards series (N238), issued by Kinney Bros.
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (8.2 × 7.3 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
Burdick 218, N238.27
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th-century advertising with *Honduras, from the International Cards series (N238)*, a diminutive commercial color lithograph produced by the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company in 1888. Measuring just 3¼ × 2⅞ inches, this ephemera was designed as a collectible trading card, tucked into cigarette packs to entice smokers and spark a collecting craze. Part of a series celebrating global nations, it likely features a proud male figure alongside the Honduran flag, evoking national pride amid America's growing fascination with international imagery. Lithography, the med...
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...