Tobaggan, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 5) issued by Kinney Bros.
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 7/8 × 1 9/16 in. (7.3 × 4 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, N228.230
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the lively world of late 19th-century American advertising with *Tobaggan, from the Novelties seriesN228, Type 5)*, a charming commercial color lithograph issued the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company in 9. This petite print, measuring just 2 /8 × 1 9/16 inches, captures the joyful thrill of boys tobogganing down a snowy hill—a snapshot of winter fun that would have delighted collectors tucking it into cigarette packs. Part of the Met's Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, it exemplifies the ephemera that turned everyday tobacco products into treasure troves of visual delight. Chromolithog...
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...