Ann and John Sings
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Baron Louis Atthalin’s Transformation Playing Cards, 1817
Baron Louis Atthalin (1784-1856) designed these cards whilst on a sea crossing from Palermo to Marseilles in 1814.
The Kiss, 1808
‘Aphorisms on the Kiss’ published by C. A. Solbrig, Leipzig, 1808.
Royal Cards Reign of Queen Anne
“Royal Cards Reign of Queen Anne” cover historical events, both honourable and treacherous, during the period 1702 to 1704.
Pantheon or Heathen Mythology
Pantheon or Heathen Mythology cards for instruction of youth, c.1770.
Georgian Fortune Telling Cards
Georgian Fortune Telling Cards, c.1800.
Illustrated Playing Cards, c.1740
Illustrated playing cards featuring comical engravings and rhymes about saints, c.1740.
Geographical Playing Cards, c.1682
Geographical playing cards sold by Henry Brome, second edition, c.1682.
XVII Century Engraved Animal Cards
Anonymous French-suited German engraved cards c1610 to 1650.
Banana Leaf Cards
English Standard pack hand drawn & coloured on banana leaf, c.1820.
Jeu de la Géographie
“Jeu de Géographie” educational playing cards etched by Stefano Della Bella and published in c.1644.
Jeu des Drapeaux c.1816
“Jeu des Drapeaux” commemorating Napoleon’s greatest battles, c.1816.
French Suited Piquet
French Suited Piquet by David Vachet, Switzerland, c.1812.
John Nixon Scrapbook, 1803
Transformation proofs from the John Nixon Scrapbook.
Forrest Cards, c.1750s
Hand-coloured Forrest Cards produced for “Young Gentlemen & Ladys who are Lovers of Ingenuity”, c.1750s.
Delightful Cards, c.1723
Delightful Cards, containing variety of entertainment for young Ladies and Gentlemen c.1723.
Thackeray Transformation Cards
Transformation playing cards by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1876.
Bubble Cards, 1720
Bubble Cards - known as “All the Bubbles”, c.1720.
Wild Life
World Wide Fund for Nature-India Playing Cards, featuring 53 different colour paintings of a variety of wildlife including birds, butterflies, mammals and reptiles.
Fortune-Telling Cards
These Fortune-Telling cards, first published as early as 1690, were possibly the first pack of cards ever made specifically for the purpose of fortune-telling.