Card 25, Vanessa J. Album, from the Butterflies series (N183) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. by William S. Kimball & Company

Card 25, Vanessa J. Album, from the Butterflies series (N183) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1888

drawing, print

drawing

water colours

print

possibly oil pastel

handmade artwork painting

oil painting

acrylic on canvas

spray can art

underpainting

men

painting painterly

watercolour illustration

watercolor

"Card 25, Vanessa J. Album" from the "Butterflies" series, created in 1888 by Wm. S. Kimball & Co., is a colorful and charming trade card. It features a young woman in a striped dress with a butterfly wing draped over her shoulder. This card, now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, exemplifies the popularity of butterfly imagery in Victorian art, emphasizing the beauty and wonder of nature. This was a common marketing tactic to sell tobacco and other products.