Spanish, Senorita, 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, N240.61
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 1890s advertising with *Spanish, Senorita a charming commercial color lithograph from Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company's *Types of Nationalities (240)* series. Produced by the New York-based tobacco firm, this petite card—measuring just 6 7/8 × 1 7/16 inches when unfolded—was tucked into cigarette packs as a collectible incentive, sparking a craze among smokers and children alike during America's Gilded Age. Part of a set romanticizing global ethnic types through female figures, it captures the era's fascination with exoticism and national stereotypes, often featu...
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...