Juno, Queen of all Goddesses, from the Goddesses of the Greeks and Romans series (N188) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (7 × 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
63.350.216.188.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th-century advertising with *Juno, Queen of Goddesses*, a diminutive gem from the 1889 *Goddesses of the Greeks and Romans* (N188), issued by the Wm. S. Kimball & Co. tobacco company. Produced as a commercial color lithograph the skilled printers at Ketterlinus Lithography Company, this tiny card—measuring just 2¾ × 1½ inches—was likely tucked into cigarette packages as a collectible insert. It captures Juno, the Roman queen of the gods (equivalent to Greek Hera), in regal splendor, embodying power and majesty from classical mythology. Chromolithography, the e...
About the Artist
William S. Kimball & Company|Ketterlinus Lithography Company
**William S. Kimball & Company**, a pioneering American tobacco manufacturer, was established in 1846 in Rochester, New York, by William S. Kimball and James C. Hart. The firm quickly grew into one of the city's largest employers, particularly of women, producing popular brands like Peerless chewing tobacco, Rigatta and Fireside smoking tobacco, and Vanity Fair cigarettes. Under Kimball's leadersh...