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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,256 works

Chromolithographed card showing a porgy fish above a small red sailboat on green sea waves.

Porgy, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph card of a salmon above three men fishing with rods beside a blue rowboat.

Salmon, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Trading card showing a striped bass above three fishermen with rods beside a blue rowboat, 1889.

Striped Bass, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Trade card with a sunfish in a framed panel above a paddler in a canoe on calm water, printed in 1889.

Sunfish, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of a tarpon fish above a steamship on calm water at sunset, 1889.

Tarpon, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of a brown toadfish above a striped-capped canoeist paddling on green water.

Toadfish, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Weakfish, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Etching of a sailboat in stormy seas with a sailor at the mast and a figure in the water at lower left.

Rescue (plate four from Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove)

Max Klinger, 1881

Colored lithograph of Union warships and steamers attacking Confederate forts on the Mississippi, with smoke, explosions and

The Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862: Destruction of the Rebel Gunboats, Rams, and Iron Cl…

Currier & Ives, 1862

Red Cock-of-the-Rock bird on mossy rock before blue mountains, with cigarette advertising text and tropical side panels.

Cock-of-the-Rock, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of a woman in a yellow top and red cap holding an oar beside a boat, titled Boat Racer.

Boat Racer, from the Occupations of Women series (N502) for Frishmuth's Tobacco Company

Frishmuth's Tobacco Company, 1889

Chromolithograph card of a tri-colored cockatoo on a branch beside palm trees, with sailboats on water in the right panel.

Tri-colored Cockatoo, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of a tropic bird diving over waves, beside a panel of sailboats, a palm frond and cigarette adver

The Tropic Bird, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Pen drawing of men in a rowboat crossing choppy water, one standing with a rifle, others rowing, with distant shoreline.

Marylanders Crossing the Potomac to Join the Southern Army (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Etching of sunken ships with broken masts in choppy water beside a wooded shore, with a seagull and distant sailboats.

Stone Blockade off Charleston, South Carolina (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Pen-and-ink etching of men unloading barrels and crates from a rowboat onto a riverbank, with a rifleman and a tree climber.

Smuggling of Medicines into the South (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck, 1861-63

Trade card with portrait of W.D. Bickham beside a scene of steamboats and factories on the Miami Canal, Dayton, Ohio.

W.D. Bickham, Dayton Daily Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of A.S. Colyar beside a paddle steamer being warped along a river by workers.

A.S. Colyar, The Nashville Daily American, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with a Charleston harbor view and steamboats, beside a portrait of F. W. Dawson and a News and Courier masthead.

F. W. Dawson, The Charleston News and Courier, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with portrait of Frank R. O'Neil beside a sunset view of the St. Louis bridge with steamboats on the river.

Frank R. O'Neil, The St. Louis Missouri Republican, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with portrait of a mustached man in glasses beside a painted view of Albany's river and sailboats.

John A. Sleicher, Albany Evening Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithographed card: portrait of Melville E. Stone beside a Chicago harbor scene with sailing ships and a steamboat.

Melville E. Stone, The Chicago Daily News, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Henry Watterson, The Louisville Courier Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card showing an American oystercatcher running on a beach, with three men rowing a boat and cigarette advertising below

American Oyster Catcher, from the Game Birds series (N40) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888-90

Trading card showing a white American ptarmigan on grass above an advertisement with a steamboat on a river.

American Ptarmigan, from the Game Birds series (N40) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888-90

Chromolithograph trade card of a killdeer plover in flight with cattails, above three people rowing a canoe on water.

Kildeer Plover, from the Game Birds series (N40) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888-90