Robinson, 2nd Base, St. Louis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco
Medium
Commercial color lithograph reproducing drawing
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 1/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7.7 x 4.5 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
63.350.222.284.81
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th-century American sports and advertising with *Robinson, 2nd, St. Louis*, a gem from the 1887 Gold Coin seriesN284) produced by. Buchner & Co. in New York. This commercial color lithograph—asuring just 3 1/16 x 1 3/4 inches—reproduces a drawing of baseball athlete poised at second base for the St. Louis team. As ephemera from the Drawings and Prints department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it captures the rising star power of professional baseball players during the sport's explosive growth in the late 1800s. Lithography, a revolutionary printing techni...
About the Artist
D. Buchner & Co., New York · 1850–1900
D. Buchner & Co. was a New York-based tobacco manufacturer prominent in the American market during the 1880s, best known today for its Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco brand and the vivid trade cards the company inserted into its product packaging to drive consumer loyalty. The firm was one of numerous tobacco companies that, during the boom years of American commercial printing, recognized the marketing...