Object Timeline

1931

  • Work on this object began.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2019

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Design for an Advertisement, Lyons' Delicious Coffee Extract

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Lyons. It is dated November 19,1931 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is graphite, airbrush and black watercolor, brush and black and white gouache on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

24.6 × 17.1 cm (9 11/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink on verso, at center: DESIGNED BY / 19 NOV. 1931 / E. MCK. KAUFFER / DESIGNED BY / 19 NOV. 1931 / E. MCK. KAUFFER [sic]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Advertisement, Lyons' Delicious Coffee Extract; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Lyons; USA; graphite, airbrush and black watercolor, brush and black and white gouache on paper; 24.6 × 17.1 cm (9 11/16 × 6 3/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-694

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

For higher resolution or commercial use contact ArtResource.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18448635/ |title=Drawing, Design for an Advertisement, Lyons' Delicious Coffee Extract |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=7 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>