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

"Vesta Victoria, from the Actresses series" is a monochrome photograph from 1890 by the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company. The image depicts Vesta Victoria, a popular British music hall performer, in a theatrical pose, dressed in a lace-trimmed dress. This photograph is part of a larger set of trading cards issued by the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company to promote their Sweet Caporal Cigarettes, making it a fine example of early 20th-century commercial art and a snapshot of the era's popular culture. The card is now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.