Livorno, from the Beautiful Bathers series (N192) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (9.5 × 6.4 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
63.350.216.192.13
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Livorno, from the Beautifulathers series (N192)** Issued by Wm. S. & Co. in 1889, this petite commercial color lithograph captures allure of leisurely seaside bathing, featuring graceful profiles of women swimming. Produced by renowned lithographer Julius Bien for the American tobacco company, it belongs to a popular series of collectible trade cards (N192 in the Jefferson R. Burdick classification) often tucked into cigarette packages as promotional inserts. At just 3 3/4 × 2 1/2 inches, its diminutive scale belies its role in everyday advertising ephemera from the Gilded Age. Chromolith...
About the Artist
Julius Bien|William S. Kimball & Company (American, Swiss|American) · 1814 |1826 –1896 |1909
American, born Switzerland, 1814/15–1896|American (born Germany), Naumberg 1826–1909 United States