Cape Cod, from the Lighthouses series (N119) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco by W. Duke, Sons & Co.

Cape Cod, from the Lighthouses series (N119) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco 1889

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house

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handmade artwork painting

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acrylic on canvas

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watercolour bleed

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watercolour illustration

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"Cape Cod, from the Lighthouses series" is a lithograph from 1889 commissioned by the tobacco company W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote their Honest Long Cut Tobacco brand. The image features the iconic Highland Light lighthouse on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, depicted in an idyllic, romanticized style. The lithograph, a type of printing using a stone or metal plate, is typical of the late 19th-century's marketing techniques, using images to appeal to a wide audience. The image is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection and exemplifies a popular visual motif of the era.

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