Wild English Daisy: Daintiness, from the series Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers (N75) for Duke brand cigarettes
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
63.350.204.75.8
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 1890s advertising with *Wild English Daisy: Diness*, a delicate chromolithograph from the *Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers* seriesN75), produced by the Donaldson Brothers for the American Tobacco Company's Duke cigarettes. This tiny card, measuring just 2¾ × 1½ inches, likely features a woman embodying the flower's Victorian symbolism—daisies representing innocence, purity, and daintiness in the era's popular floriography, or "language of flowers." In the late 19th century, tobacco magnate James Buchanan Duke pioneered inserting collectible cards into ci...
About the Artist
Donaldson Brothers|American Tobacco Company (American| ) · 1850 | –1870 |
American, New York|