Race Rock, from the Lighthouses series (N119) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 2 3/8 × 4 1/16 in. (6 × 10.3 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
63.350.206.119.16
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1889, visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art can marvel at *Race Rock*, a petite commercial color lithograph from Lighthouses series (119), produced by The Giles Company for W. Duke, Sons & Co This tiny card—measuring just 2 3/8 × 4 1/16 inches—depicts the sturdy Race Rock Lighthouse off New York's Long Island, a beacon guiding mariners through treacherous waters. Issued to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco, exemplifies the era's innovative marketing, where beautifully illustrated trade cards were tucked into cigarette packs to entice collectors and boost sales. Chromolithography, the me...
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