Tyrolean, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) 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, N225.88
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th advertising with *Tyrolean, from Dances (N225, Type 1)*, a charming commercial color lithograph produced by the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company in 1889. This petite card, measuring just 2¾ × 1½ inches, captures a male dancer in profile, evoking the lively folk traditions of the Tyrol region in the Alps, straddling modern Austria and Italy. Part of a popular series celebrating "National Dances," it was distributed inside cigarette packages, enticing collectors while promoting the brand. Chromolithography, the innovative printing technique used here, allowed ...
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...