[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge England].
Published / Created:
[Cambridge], [approximately 1930]
Physical Description:
1 cigarette package : illustrations ; 80 x 50 x 20 mm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsHF6161.T6 B34 1930 BoxYale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.The packet is a 10 size box. Photomechanical image of Calverley on front cover: "Here's to thee, Bacon! (Calverley, 1862)""Bacon Bros. Cambridge. Estd. 1805."Charles Calverley wrote "Ode to tobacco" printed on the back cover the following of which are extracts: "Sweet when the morn is grey : Sweet when they've cleared away Lunch ; and at the close of day possibly sweetest. Cats may have had their goose cooked by tobacco-juice ; Still why deny its use thoughtfully taken? We'e not as tabbies are : Smith, take a fresh cigar! Jones, the tobacco jar! Here's to thee, Bacon!"
Subject Terms:
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England) | Cigarettes. | Smoking. | Cigarette industry -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Packaging. | Ephemera. | Photomechanical prints -- [approximately 1930]
