Harvest Home, Italy, from the Holidays series (N80) for Duke brand cigarettes 1890

"Harvest Home, Italy" is a chromolithograph from the "Holidays" series of cigarette cards produced by W. Duke, Sons & Co. in 1890. This card depicts a woman in traditional Italian clothing, holding a tambourine aloft against a background of wheat stalks. The vibrant colors and detailed illustration capture the joyous atmosphere of a harvest celebration. This card, now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, is a prime example of late 19th-century commercial art and the use of colorful imagery in advertising.