Garibaldi Day, Italy, from the Holidays series (N80) for Duke brand cigarettes 1890

"Garibaldi Day, Italy" from the "Holidays" series is a trade card created in 1890 by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Duke brand cigarettes. The card depicts a woman dressed in a red blouse and a straw hat, carrying a rifle and a bugle, in the foreground. A circular image of a man, presumably Giuseppe Garibaldi, is featured in the lower right corner. The trade card was designed to appeal to a wide audience by portraying the popular Italian general in a patriotic light, and used as a collectible in the 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, holds this small but historically significant piece of advertising art.