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"After Breakfast" (1890) is a painting by the Finnish artist Eli Kleopatra Danielson-Gambogi. I first came across this painting at the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen. I remember glancing at it from the corner of my eye and then doing a double take. I was drawn to it because it seemed so contemporary—like a scene from my own lazy Saturday morning, minus the cigarette. When I took a closer look at the subject, I saw how young she looked—too young to be smoking a cigarette, I thought, but then again, this was 1890. In just a few years after Danielson-Gambogi completed the painting, aggressive advertisements touting the health benefits of cigarettes would begin to crop up in the United States. In 1907, a cigarette ad for Grimault's Cigarettes read, "Recommended by Medical Authorities for the immediate relief of Asthma and Bronchial trouble, Hay Fever, Laryngitis, and Irritation of the air passages. Grimault's Cigarettes ease the feeling of tightness across the chest and give relief from gasping for breath." The subject's youth made me also think about how as a kid I used to love waking up early on Saturday mornings to eat my favorite bowl of sugary cereal and watch cartoons on a small TV (with a crooked antenna) that only had a few channels. How long has it been since I did that? I don't remember anymore. Nowadays, I just try to sleep in because I'm exhausted from working so much throughout the weekday.