T.R. Daly, 2nd Base, Brooklyn, from Mayo's Cut Plug Baseball series (N300)
Medium
Commercial lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 13/16 × 1 5/8 in. (7.2 × 4.1 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 222, N300.38
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step back to 1895 with this commercial lithograph, *T.R. Daly, 2nd Base, Brooklyn from the Mayo's Cut Plug Baseball seriesN300). Produced by.H. Mayo & Brother Richmond, Virginia, this 2 13/16 × 1 5/8-inch card features a crisp portrait of athlete T.R. Daly, the skilled second baseman for the Brooklyn teamthen part of baseball's burgeoning National League. These cards were tucked into packets of chewing tobacco as promotional inserts, blending advertising with the era's hottest pastime. Lithography allowed for vibrant, mass-produced color images that captured players' intensity, making them in...