Tartar, 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, N240.65
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th-century advertising with *Tartar, from of Nationalities (N)*, a charming commercial color lithograph produced by the Kinney Brothers Company in 1890 This petite card, measuring just 6 7/8 × 1 7/16 inches when unfolded, a stylized male figure representing a Tatar—a nomadic people from Central Asia known for their rich cultural heritage. Issued as part of a popular series of cigarette trading cards (cataloged as N240 by collectors), it invited smokers to collect and trade these mini-portraits of global "types," turning everyday tobacco purchases into a hobby. ...
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...