Whip-poor Will, from the Birds of America series (N37) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes
Trade cards from the "Birds of America" series (N37), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Series N37 reproduces the cards from N4 in a larger size.
Credit: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
1888
Commercial color lithograph
7.3 x 8.3cm
63.350.202.37.45
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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