From the Girls and Children series (N64) promoting Virginia Brights Cigarettes for Allen & Ginter brand tobacco products 1886

This colorful chromolithograph from the "From the Girls and Children" series, created in 1886 by Allen & Ginter, promotes "Virginia Brights Cigarettes." It features a young girl sitting at a table, holding a fork in one hand and a cigarette in the other, reflecting the popular trend of using children in advertising during this period. The artwork, which measures 2 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches, exemplifies the use of engaging imagery to market tobacco products, a practice now considered unethical and harmful. The piece is currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.