Jake Gaudaur, Oarsman, from the Goodwin Champion series for Old Judge and Gypsy Queen Cigarettes
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 2 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. (6.6 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
63.350.214.162.34
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th-century American advertising with *Jake Gaudaur, Oarsman*, a diminutive yet dynamic commercial color lithograph produced by Goodwin & Company in1888. Part of the celebrated *Goodwin Champion* series for Old Judge and Gypsy Queen Cigarettes, this 2⅝ × 1½-inch card captures the rugged portrait of Jake Gaudaur, a renowned Canadian-American professional sculler and rowing champion. Distributed as inserts in cigarette packs, thesehemera were designed to entice collectors while promoting tobacco brands during the Gilded Age's booming consumer culture. Chromolitho...
About the Artist
Goodwin & Company · 1850–1950
**Goodwin & Company (ca. 1850–1950)** Goodwin & Company, originally established as E. Goodwin and Brother before the American Civil War, emerged as a prominent New York City-based tobacco manufacturer in the mid-19th century. Operating from the bustling heart of Manhattan, the firm built its reputation on popular cigarette brands such as Gypsy Queen and, most notably, Old Judge, which became syno...