Wild Rose: Poetry, from the series Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers (N75) for Duke brand cigarettes 1892

"Wild Rose: Poetry" is a trade card from the *Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers* series, created by the American Tobacco Company in 1892 to promote Duke brand cigarettes. The card depicts a young woman surrounded by wild roses, symbolizing poetry and its connection to nature. This card, now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, exemplifies the visual language of late 19th-century advertising, using floral imagery to evoke sentimentality and associate the product with positive cultural values.