Louisville Rifles, New Orleans, Militia, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888

This 1888 lithograph, created by the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes, depicts a member of the Louisiana Rifles, a militia unit from New Orleans. The soldier is shown in full uniform, holding a rifle and wearing a tall, furry hat. The image is part of a larger series, known as "Military," created by the Kinney Brothers. This lithograph is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The print is small, measuring only 2 3/4 × 1 1/2 inches, but provides a detailed view of a late 19th-century American militiaman.