Victorian Trade Cards

Colorful lithographs from the late 19th century featuring women in historical dress, promoting cigarette brands with themes of holidays and mythology.

Thanksgiving Day, United States, from the Holidays series (N80) for Duke brand cigarettes 1890 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American Trade cards from the "Holidays" series (N88), issued in a set of 50 cards in 1890 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes. The series depicts citizens from various countries in traditional dress celebrating local holidays. Each card verso contains the title of the series, a description of the particular holiday and its history, as well as an ad for W. Duke, Sons & Co. Tobacco producers Goodwin & Co. also published this series with brand advertising for Old Judge and Dog's Head Cigarettes.. Thanksgiving Day, United States, from the Holidays series (N80) for Duke brand cigarettes. 1890. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)

Suadela, Goddess of Persuasion, from the Goddesses of the Greeks and Romans series (N188) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1889 Issued by William S. Kimball & Company Trade cards from the "Goddesses of the Greeks and Romans" series (N188), issued in an unnumbered set of 50 cards in 1889 by W.S. Kimball & Co.. Suadela, Goddess of Persuasion, from the Goddesses of the Greeks and Romans series (N188) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by William S. Kimball & Company

Irish Jig, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the series "National Dances" (N225), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Brothers Cigarettes for Kinney Tobacco Company. There were two card variations issued within the series. Type 1 cards display a white border around the edges whereas Type 2 have no border.. Irish Jig, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Madrilena, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the series "National Dances" (N225), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Brothers Cigarettes for Kinney Tobacco Company. There were two card variations issued within the series. Type 1 cards display a white border around the edges whereas Type 2 have no border.. Madrilena, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Woman Holding a Garland. Artist: Charles Edward Holloway (British, Hampshire 1838-1897 London). Dimensions: image: 7 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (18.7 x 14.3 cm)mount: 8 1/4 x 6 in. (21 x 15.2 cm). Date: ca. 1880. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Indiana, from the Industries of States series (N117) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco 1889 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the "Industries of the States'" series (N117), issued in an unnumbered set of 25 cards in 1889 by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco.. Indiana, from the Industries of States series (N117) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)

Artist's paint pallette, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 3) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Novelties" series (N228), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company. There are five types of card within the series. Type 1 cards are round. Type 2 cards are round with colored borders. Type 3 cards are die cut to the shape of a novelty item. Type 4 are also die cut with embossing. Type 5 depict novelties on a rectangular card. Finally, Type 6 are die cut in the shape of an egg.. Artist's paint pallette, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 3) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Vintage Dance, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American 1889 Trade cards from the series "National Dances" (N225), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Brothers Cigarettes for Kinney Tobacco Company. There were two card variations issued within the series. Type 1 cards display a white border around the edges whereas Type 2 have no border. View more. Vintage Dance, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Card Number 23, cut-out from banner advertising the Opera Gloves series (G29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes ca. 1890 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Series G29 presents cut-outs from a tobacco advertising banner issued by Allen & Ginter between 1885 and 1890. Citing Burdick's "The American Card Catalog": "Banners are paper hangers with a metal binding at top and bottom edges. The popular size was about 30 inches long but a few measured over five feet in length...The tobacco firms were prolific advertisers using a constant procession of banners, especially to publicize their current insert card sets...The usual design illustrates the card pictures from the series inserted into tobacco packaging with a large appropriate center picture." Many consumers would cut up banners in order to "collect" the whole series of cards at once. Although series G29 is not listed in Burdick's "The American Card Catalog," he included notes in his own edition of the book, now included in the collection a

Female Monkey with hand mirror, Gouache over graphite, A female monkey gazes into her hand mirror., France, France, 1860-90, Drawing, Drawing

Bar Harbor, Maine, from the Surf Beauties series (N232), issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Surf Beauties" series (N232), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. Bar Harbor, Maine, from the Surf Beauties series (N232), issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Atropos, One of the Three Destinies, Death, from the Goddesses of the Greeks and Romans series (N188) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1889 Issued by William S. Kimball & Company Trade cards from the "Goddesses of the Greeks and Romans" series (N188), issued in an unnumbered set of 50 cards in 1889 by W.S. Kimball & Co.. Atropos, One of the Three Destinies, Death, from the Goddesses of the Greeks and Romans series (N188) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by William S. Kimball & Company

Mirror, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 5) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Novelties" series (N228), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company. There are five types of card within the series. Type 1 cards are round. Type 2 cards are round with colored borders. Type 3 cards are die cut to the shape of a novelty item. Type 4 are also die cut with embossing. Type 5 depict novelties on a rectangular card. Finally, Type 6 are die cut in the shape of an egg.. Mirror, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 5) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

The Lily, from the Magic Changing Cards series (N223) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Magic Changing Cards" series (N223), issued in a set of 50 in 1889 by Kinney Tobacco Company. When held up to the light, a hidden image is revealed on each card.. The Lily, from the Magic Changing Cards series (N223) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Allegory of Summer, decorative panel, 1900, English

Serving tray, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 3) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Novelties" series (N228), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company. There are five types of card within the series. Type 1 cards are round. Type 2 cards are round with colored borders. Type 3 cards are die cut to the shape of a novelty item. Type 4 are also die cut with embossing. Type 5 depict novelties on a rectangular card. Finally, Type 6 are die cut in the shape of an egg.. Serving tray, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 3) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Card; valentine card. Date/Period: 1860 - 1880. Print. Paper; cotton. Author: UNKNOWN.

Soudan, from the Dancing Girls of the World series (N185) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1889 Issued by William S. Kimball & Company Trade cards from the "Dancing Girls of the World" series (N185), issued in an unnumbered set of 50 cards in 1889 by W.S. Kimball & Co.. Soudan, from the Dancing Girls of the World series (N185) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by William S. Kimball & Company

PANSY PERSONIFIED Date: 1906

Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy, from the Goddesses of the Greeks and Romans series (N188) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1889 Issued by William S. Kimball & Company Trade cards from the "Goddesses of the Greeks and Romans" series (N188), issued in an unnumbered set of 50 cards in 1889 by W.S. Kimball & Co.. Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy, from the Goddesses of the Greeks and Romans series (N188) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by William S. Kimball & Company

Drum, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 5) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Novelties" series (N228), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company. There are five types of card within the series. Type 1 cards are round. Type 2 cards are round with colored borders. Type 3 cards are die cut to the shape of a novelty item. Type 4 are also die cut with embossing. Type 5 depict novelties on a rectangular card. Finally, Type 6 are die cut in the shape of an egg.. Drum, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 5) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

'HERE'S FLOWERS FOR YOU !' Date: 1906

Woman Holding Flowers, in The New York Drawing Book, Containing a Series of Original Designs and Sketches of American Scenery, No. 2 1847 Frances Flora Bond Palmer. Woman Holding Flowers, in The New York Drawing Book, Containing a Series of Original Designs and Sketches of American Scenery, No. 2. Frances Flora Bond Palmer (American (born England), Leicester 1812-1876 New York). 1847. Lithograph; black and white inks on beige paper. W. H. Graham (New York, NY)

Aphrodite born from the sea-foam...

Miss Salvioni, Primadonna Guglielma Salvioni in Ballet Sardanapal title page of Der Floh , Karl Klic -, Caricaturist

Bilderserie Kinder mit Geschenken, Juchhe, da haben wir zur Stelle, den König der Polichinelle / Image series children with gifts, Yay, there we have on the spot, the king of the Polichinelle, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

Card Number 6, cut-out from banner advertising the Opera Gloves series (G29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes ca. 1890 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Series G29 presents cut-outs from a tobacco advertising banner issued by Allen & Ginter between 1885 and 1890. Citing Burdick's "The American Card Catalog": "Banners are paper hangers with a metal binding at top and bottom edges. The popular size was about 30 inches long but a few measured over five feet in length...The tobacco firms were prolific advertisers using a constant procession of banners, especially to publicize their current insert card sets...The usual design illustrates the card pictures from the series inserted into tobacco packaging with a large appropriate center picture." Many consumers would cut up banners in order to "collect" the whole series of cards at once. Although series G29 is not listed in Burdick's "The American Card Catalog," he included notes in his own edition of the book, now included in the collection at

Female Figure 19th century Alexandre-Louis Leloir French. Female Figure 337667

The Richard Hudnut Sextuple Perfumes. "Perfumed Song". The Richard Hudnut Sextuple Perfumes. "Perfumed Song"

Tarjeta postal. Modernismo. Dibujo de Raphael Kirchner (1876-1917). Serie "chicas con amuletos de la buena suerte". Año 1900.

ADA CAVENDISH actress Date: 1839 - 1895

Female Figure. Artist: Alexandre-Louis Leloir (French, Paris 1843-1884 Paris). Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 9 in. (34.3 x 22.9 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

'Neeltje Tuyp', 1897 (1898).Artist: Nico Jungmann

Color print from around 1910 by Gabriel Cornelius von Max depicting the Gallery Fleischmann, illustrating gallery architecture and early 20th-century exhibition practices.

Print, September, from La Belle Jardinière; Designed by Eugène Samuel Grasset (Swiss, 1841 - 1917; active Paris, France 1871-1917); France; chromotypograph

Saraband, from National Dances (N225, Type 2) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the series "National Dances" (N225), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Brothers Cigarettes for Kinney Tobacco Company. There were two card variations issued within the series. Type 1 cards display a white border around the edges whereas Type 2 have no border.. Saraband, from National Dances (N225, Type 2) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

"Tourists" - "Ta ta, Louisa, ta ta.". "Tourists" - "Ta ta, Louisa, ta ta."

Henryk Filipowicz,. Filipowicz, Henryk (1842-po 1915), draughtsman, cartoonist, Kłosy (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1865-1890), publisher, Nicz, Edward (1851-1916), woodcutter

Tristan and Isolde Date: 1905

Portrait of woman, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 2) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Novelties" series (N228), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company. There are five types of card within the series. Type 1 cards are round. Type 2 cards are round with colored borders. Type 3 cards are die cut to the shape of a novelty item. Type 4 are also die cut with embossing. Type 5 depict novelties on a rectangular card. Finally, Type 6 are die cut in the shape of an egg.. Portrait of woman, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 2) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Madrilena, from National Dances (N225, Type 2) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the series "National Dances" (N225), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Brothers Cigarettes for Kinney Tobacco Company. There were two card variations issued within the series. Type 1 cards display a white border around the edges whereas Type 2 have no border.. Madrilena, from National Dances (N225, Type 2) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

This is a scene from what Alice saw once she went through the Looking Glass and into the Looking Glass room in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass." Here Alice is portrayed as a young girl and the Tiger-Lily flower is saying to her, "We can Talk." Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) wrote the novel "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There" in 1871 as a sequel to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.".

Alfred Henry Forrester, 1804-1872, British, Calendar Design - October, undated. Pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, white wove paper mounted to thick, smooth, beige card.

Attributed to Daniel Lysons, 1762-1834, British, Stained Glass Window of St. Catherine from Heston Church, between 1796 and 1811. Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

American Extra soap. American Extra soap

Picture series French Provinces, Bourbonnais, Moulins sur Allier, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a Liebig collector's picture from the 19th century, exact date unknown

Valentine ca. 1880 Anonymous. Valentine. Anonymous. ca. 1880. Cameo-embossed open-work lace paper, chromolithography

Luc Olivier Merson (French, 1846 - 1920). Salomé, ca. 1899. Collotype on wove paper. Sheet: 405 mm x 308 mm (15.94 in. x 12.13 in.).

Series modern technology, the airship, woman with a construction model of an airship, digitally restored reproduction of a Liebig collector's picture ...

Card Number 15, cut-out from banner advertising the Opera Gloves series (G29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes ca. 1890 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Series G29 presents cut-outs from a tobacco advertising banner issued by Allen & Ginter between 1885 and 1890. Citing Burdick's "The American Card Catalog": "Banners are paper hangers with a metal binding at top and bottom edges. The popular size was about 30 inches long but a few measured over five feet in length...The tobacco firms were prolific advertisers using a constant procession of banners, especially to publicize their current insert card sets...The usual design illustrates the card pictures from the series inserted into tobacco packaging with a large appropriate center picture." Many consumers would cut up banners in order to "collect" the whole series of cards at once. Although series G29 is not listed in Burdick's "The American Card Catalog," he included notes in his own edition of the book, now included in the collection a

Enter Ophelia, fantastically dressed with straws and flowers.. Crane, Walter (1845-1915). Illustrations. 1906. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Floral design, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 , Characters

Serie Grille und Ameise als Symbol für Fleisige und Faule. doch der böse Winter kam, der der Flur das Leben nahm / Series cricket and ant as a symbol of industrious and lazy. but the evil winter came, which took the life of the corridor, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei,.

Fishing For Hearts, Valentine's Day

Costumes de Différent Pays, 'Marchande de Fruits de Bordeaux'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Portrait of Lucille Western by C. A. Muller, created approximately between 1870 and 1897. The artwork features actors from the United States and is rendered in watercolors

E. Saulnier. Skater. Watercolor on pencil lines, 1890-1900. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 79263-6

Picture series French Provinces, Maine, Le Mans, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a Liebig collector's picture from the 19th century, exact date unknown

The Madame B Album Made 1870-1879 France. Albumen prints with watercolor (in album) . Marie-Blanche Hennelle Fournier

Caroline von Baden, Deutsch: Friederike Karoline Wilhelmine von Baden, 13. Juli 1776, 13. November 1841, war Kurfürstin von Bayern und später die erst...

Emilie Pecoul, Madame Seriziat, 1795, (1914). Artist: Jacques-Louis David

Józef Męcina-Krzesz (1860-1934), a portrait of a woman; Lviv Publisher of Artistic Cards Leon Propst (Lviv; Publisher; 1904-1919), Anczyc, Władysław Ludwik and company (Kraków; Drukarnia; 1875-1948); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1915-00-00);

Mitología. Diana, llamada Artemisa por los griegos, hija de Júpiter, diosa de la caza. Años 1920. Author: Apel·les Mestres Oñós.

Heads: Billingsgatina, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, 1800, Colored etching, Sheet: 10 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (26.7 x 14cm)

Textile Fragment, 'Portrait of Queen Louise of Prussia'. Gaspard Gregoire (France, Aix-en-Provence, 1751-1846). France, Lyon, circa 1807. Textiles. Silk velvet

Title page with illustration of flower fairy standing on a flower holding a ribbon. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les Fleurs Animees," Paris, Gabriel de Gonet, 1847.

Love Birds Postcard Private Collection

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