Mona, from the Ballet Queens series (N182) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1889

"Mona, from the Ballet Queens series (N182)" is a chromolithograph trading card from the late 19th century, produced by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. The card features a portrait of a woman in a theatrical costume, possibly a ballet dancer. Her pose is relaxed and suggestive, with her hand on her head and one leg crossed over the other. This card, along with others in the "Ballet Queens" series, was likely part of a set that would have been traded or collected. The use of chromolithography, a printing process using multiple colors, brings vibrant details to the image. These collectible cards, produced around the same time as the rise in popularity of cigarette cards, would have been a highly sought-after form of entertainment and memorabilia in the 1880s and 1890s.