Hut in Daman-i-koh, from the Habitations of Man series (N113) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Smoking and Chewing Tobacco
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (6.4 × 10.5 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
63.350.206.113.16
Tags
Art Historical Context
This charming 1890 color lithograph, titled *Hut in Daman-i-koh*, comes from the “Habitations of Man” trading-card series (N113) produced by W. Duke, Sons & Co., later part of the American Tobacco Company. Measuring just 2½ by 4⅛ inches, the card was designed to be slipped into packages of Honest Long Cut Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, turning an everyday purchase into an opportunity for collectors to glimpse dwellings from around the world. Color lithography allowed the image to be printed inexpensively yet vividly, bringing distant scenes of simple huts and local figures—here apparently inclu...
About the Artist
W. Duke, Sons & Co.|American Tobacco Company|The Giles Company · 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...