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W. Duke, Sons & Co.|Knapp & Company

Lawrence Barrett in French Ordinary Costume of 1730, from the set Actors and Actresses, First Series (N70) for Duke brand cigarettes

1888–89
Commercial color lithograph
7 × 3.8 cm (2.8 × 1.5 in)

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