Daisy Murdoch as "Cupid" from the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series (N107) to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco manufactured by W. Duke Sons & Co.

Daisy Murdoch as "Cupid" from the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series (N107) to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco manufactured by W. Duke Sons & Co.

W. Duke, Sons & Co.

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trade cards from the "Fancy Dress Ball Costumes" series (N107), issued in a set of 50 cards in 1889 to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco, manufactured by W. Duke Sons & Co. Each card depicts a famous actress of the day wearing an elaborate hat. Series N107 uses the same checklist of images as the smaller-format series N73. In N107, however, each image is surrounded by a colored border around the edge, expanding the size of the overall card.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Daisy Murdoch as "Cupid" from the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series (N107) to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco manufactured by W. Duke Sons & Co.Daisy Murdoch as "Cupid" from the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series (N107) to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco manufactured by W. Duke Sons & Co.Daisy Murdoch as "Cupid" from the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series (N107) to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco manufactured by W. Duke Sons & Co.Daisy Murdoch as "Cupid" from the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series (N107) to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco manufactured by W. Duke Sons & Co.Daisy Murdoch as "Cupid" from the Fancy Dress Ball Costumes series (N107) to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco manufactured by W. Duke Sons & Co.

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