Woman wearing hat with flowers and feathers, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 2) issued by Kinney Bros.
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet (Round): 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 in. (4 × 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, N228.54
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th-century advertising with *Woman wearing hat with flowers feathers*, a charming chromolithograph from Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company's Novelties series (N, Type 2), issued in 1889. This petite, round card—measuring just 1 9/16 inches across—was designed as a collectible insert in cigarette packages, part of a popular trend where tobacco firms like Kinney Bros. enticed smokers and enthusiasts alike with colorful, themed imagery. Printed using commercial color lithography, a technique that revolutionized mass-produced visuals with its vivid hues and fine deta...
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...