Scotch, Fisher Girl, from Types of Nationalities (N240) issued by Kinney Bros.
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet (Folded): 2 11/16 × 1 7/16 in. (6.8 × 3.7 cm) Sheet (Unfolded): 6 7/8 × 1 7/16 in. (17.4 × 3.7 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
Burdick 218, N240.58
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th advertising with *Scotch, Fisher Girl from Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company's *Types of Nationalities* series (N240), produced in 1890. This petite commercial color lithograph captures a young Scottish fisher girl in profile, embodying the era's fascination with ethnic stereotypes and folk costumes. Issued as collectible trading cards tucked into cigarette packs, these ephemera were marketing genius—enticing smokers while sparking a collecting craze among enthusiasts. The medium shines through in its bold, chromolithographed hues, a technique perfected in th...
About the Artist
Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company · 1869–2011
**Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company (1869–2011)** Founded around 1869 by Francis Sherwood Kinney in New York City, the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company quickly rose to prominence in the burgeoning American cigarette industry. Francis, a pioneering tobacco manufacturer, experimented with hand-rolled cigarettes using blends of Turkish and Virginia tobacco, scaling to mass production by employing Europ...