St. Priac, France, from the Surf Beauties series (N232), issued by Kinney Bros.
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (7 × 3.8 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, N232.27
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of late 19th-century advertising with *St. Priac,, from the Surf Beauties series (N232)*, a charming commercial color lithograph produced by the Kinney Brothers Company in 1889 This petite card (just 2 3/4 × 1 1/2 inches) captures the allure of coastal elegance, likely depicting a stylish woman at the fashionable French resort of Saint-Priac-sur-Mer. Part of a popular series of "Surf Beauties," these inserts were tucked into cigarette packs to entice collectors and promote the brand, reflecting the era's growing obsession with seaside leisure and glamorous travel. ...
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...