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Trade card with a portrait of John Arkins beside a rider on horseback herding cattle across grassland.

John Arkins, Denver Rocky Mountain News, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Pen and ink drawing of a standing female figure with outstretched arms holding a dagger, in classical drapery.

Lucretia

Chromolithograph card with a Falls of Minnehaha waterfall scene and a portrait of bearded Lewis Baker in a suit.

Lewis Baker, St. Paul Daily Globe, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of A.H. Belo beside a scene of a rider lassoing longhorn cattle at a Texas ranch at sunset.

A.H. Belo, The Galveston Daily News, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

James Gordon Bennett, The New York Herald, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card of George Bleistein beside the Buffalo Courier masthead, with a tree-lined Delaware Avenue street scene

George Bleistein, Buffalo Courier, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of Alden J. Blethen beside a painted view of riverside mills and rushing water.

Alden J. Blethen, The Minneapolis Tribune, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trading card with portrait of Samuel Bowles beside a village road scene with church steeple.

Samuel Bowles, Springfield Republican, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph card portrait of J.M. Bundy in a suit, flanked by Broadway street scenes with carriages and pedestrians.

J.M. Bundy, New York Mail and Express, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of W.D. Bickham beside a scene of steamboats and factories on the Miami Canal, Dayton, Ohio.

W.D. Bickham, Dayton Daily Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of George W. Childs beside an illustration of the Public Ledger Building in Philadelphia with flags

George W. Childs, Philadelphia Public Ledger, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Engraving of a battle with swordsmen and shields clashing with musketeers, a fortified town burning in the background.

Attaque des Forts Avancés de Bone (Attack of the Strong Advances of Bone), from "La Vie de Ferdinand Ier de Médicis s…

Jacques Callot, 1614-20

Chromolithograph card with a bearded man's portrait beside the Brewer Fountain on Boston Common with a church spire.

W.W. Clapp, Boston Morning Journal, Philadelphia Public Ledger, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Gi…

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of A.S. Colyar beside a paddle steamer being warped along a river by workers.

A.S. Colyar, The Nashville Daily American, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of bearded Edwin Cowles beside a Euclid Avenue street scene with church spires and a horse rider.

Edwin Cowles, The Cleveland Leader, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Chromolithograph trade card of Charles A. Dana beside a scene of the New York Post Office with carriages.

Charles A. Dana, The New York Sun, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with a Charleston harbor view and steamboats, beside a portrait of F. W. Dawson and a News and Courier masthead.

F. W. Dawson, The Charleston News and Courier, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with portrait of M.H. de Young beside a California vineyard scene with oxen and a farmhouse.

M.H. de Young, San Francisco Chronicle, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of S.J. Flickinger in pince-nez beside the Ohio State Capitol at sunset, Columbus.

S.J. Flickinger, The Columbus Daily Ohio State Journal, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cig…

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of Allan Forman in pince-nez beside an illustration of the East River Bridge and street traffic.

Allan Forman, The New York Journalist, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

G.C. Goodwin, The Salt Lake City Tribune, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of Henry W. Grady beside The Atlanta Constitution masthead and a courthouse with carriages.

Henry W. Grady, The Atlanta Constitution, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trade card with portrait of Murat Halstead beside a view of Fourth Street in Cincinnati with a church spire.

Murat Halstead, The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Trading card with portrait of Joseph R. Hawley beside a view of the Main Street Bridge in Hartford over a river.

Joseph R. Hawley, The Hartford Courant, from the American Editors series (N35) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1887

Engraved interior scene of a fashionable couple, a servant child, a dwarf figure and crowded wall paintings.

Taste in High Life

Samuel Phillips, May 1, 1798

Engraved print of a woman in pearls and flowing gown leaning on an ornate table beside a jewelry box and draped curtain.

Sigismunda

the elder James Basire, May 5, 1790

Mezzotint of a woman in pearls leaning on a rococo table beside a casket, gazing upward with a sorrowful look.

Sigismunda

Robert John Dunkarton, February 1, 1793

Engraved print of a woman with pearls leaning on a table beside a silver urn and casket, dark background with a column.

Sigismonda (Sigismunda)

Benjamin Smith, June 4, 1795

Etching of two caricatured comic figures labeled Capitano Bonbardon and Capitano Grillo, with a crowd behind them.

Capitano Bonbardon and Capitano Grillo, plate 13 from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1621-22

Etching of two dancers, a woman with a tambourine and a man with a raised sword, in a street with small background figures.

Fracischina and Gian Farina, plate 17 from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1621-22