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Chinese Bulbul, from the Song Birds of the World series (N42) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Large trade cards from the "Song Birds of the World" series (N42), issued in 1890 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Series N42 reproduces the cards from N23 in a larger size.

Credit: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick

1890
Commercial color lithograph
7.3 x 8.3cm
63.350.202.42.13
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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