Marie Burroughs in Colors of the New York Yacht Club, from the Yacht Colors of the World series (N140) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 in. × 2 1/2 in. (10.1 × 6.3 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
63.350.207.140.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 1890s advertising with *Marie Burroughs in Colors of New York Yacht Club*, a charming commercial color lithograph from. Duke, Sons & Co.'s *Yacht Colors of the* series (N140). Issued to promote Honest Long Tobacco, this petite print—measuring just 4 ×2½ inches—captures young Marie Burroughs, likely a popular child actress or model of era, dressed in the burgee colors of the prestigious New York Yacht Club.olithography, the medium's hallmark technique, allowed for bold, eye-catching hues that mimicked fine painting on a mass-produced scale, making these cards irre...
About the Artist
W. Duke, Sons & Co. · 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...