Mermaid, manufactured from the finest Vuelta Abajo tobacco – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Mermaid, manufactured from the finest Vuelta Abajo tobacco, preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Mermaid, manufactured from the finest Vuelta Abajo tobacco
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A mermaid rises across this c1868 lithograph, an unusual figure for a tobacco label, and the caption promises cigars made from the finest Vuelta Abajo leaf. That region in western Cuba, centered on Pinar del Rio, has long been prized for its tobacco, so naming it was a common way for makers to signal quality. Labels like this were printed in quantity during the 1860s to decorate cigar boxes, and classical and mythological figures were popular for lending a product an air of elegance. The copyright line credits A. Kerbs, the party who secured rights to the design.
| Created / published | c1868. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Tobacco package labels 1860-1870.Lithographs 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | LOT subdivision subject: Mythology (Greek and Roman)-- Goddesses. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by A. Kerbs. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,161 × 1,134 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173559 |
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