Trixie Triganza, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
Medium
Albumen photograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 1/2 × 1 7/16 in. (6.4 × 3.7 cm)
Classification
Photographs|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
63.350.220.245.1819
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the glamorous world of 1890s celebrity culture with *Trixie Triganza, from the Actresses seriesN245)*, a petite albumen photograph issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company promote their Sweet Caporal Cigarettes This tiny portrait (just 2½ × 1⅜ inches) captures the alluring stage actress Trixie Trig, one of many performers featured in this popular trading card series. Distributed inside cigarette packs, these cards turned smoking into a collector's hobby, blending advertising savvy with the era's obsession with theater stars. Printed using the albumen process—a hallmark of 19th-cent...
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...