Cape Cod, from the Lighthouses series (N119) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco 1889
wdukesonsco
themetropolitanmuseumofart
drawing, print
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drawing
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water colours
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house
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possibly oil pastel
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handmade artwork painting
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oil painting
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acrylic on canvas
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underpainting
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painting painterly
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watercolour bleed
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watercolour illustration
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watercolor
"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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