Ellen Terry, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1890

This is a cigarette card featuring Ellen Terry, a famous English actress, created in 1890 by the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company. The card was part of the "Actresses" series issued to promote Sweet Caporal cigarettes. The card portrays Terry in a seated pose, dressed in a dark gown with a white lace collar and scarf. This photograph is a prime example of early 20th-century trade cards and ephemera that is now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY.