New London Harbor, from the Lighthouses series (N119) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 4 1/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.3 × 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
63.350.206.119.13
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, where showcase everyday treasures like *New London Harbor* from the Lighthouses (N119). This 1889 commercial color lithograph, just 4 1/16 × 2 1/2 inches, captures the sturdy silhouette of a lighthouse guarding Connecticut's bustling New London Harbor. Produced by The Giles Company for W., Sons & Co., it was one of many inserts tucked into packs of Honest Long Cut Tobacco sparking a collecting frenzy among late-19th-century Americans. Chromolithography, the era's go-to technique for vibrant, mass-produced color printi...
About the Artist
The Giles Company|W. Duke, Sons & Co. (American|American) · 1870 |1800 –1920 |1900
New York and Durham, N.C.|New York, NY