The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chromolithograph baseball card of Andrews, center field for Philadelphia, in a striped cap with a red neckerchief, 1888.

Engraving of Diogenes with a staff beside a tree, watching a kneeling child drink from a pool; a cup lies on the rocks.

Chromolithographed card of Anson, Chicago first baseman, in a blue jersey with a mustache, against a yellow sky.

Profile portrait of a mustached baseball player in a white cap, on a teal background, from an 1888 cigarette card.

Chromolithograph baseball card of Bob Caruthers, a Brooklyn pitcher in a white cap and striped uniform, 1888.

Chromolithograph trading card portrait of Fred Dunlap, Pittsburgh captain, with mustache and red necktie, 1888.

Engraving of winged Time rowing a boat of figures past a rocky shore with an hourglass and a cherub above.

Chromolithograph baseball card of shortstop Glasscock of Indianapolis in striped cap and red stockings, 1888.

Chromolithographed baseball card portrait of a mustached pitcher in a cream cap and striped shirt, advertising Old Judge ciga

Chromolithograph baseball card of a mustached Boston catcher in cap and jersey against a blue cloudy sky.

Chromolithograph cigarette card of cyclist Prince with mustache, pink shirt, penny-farthing bicycle, Old Judge cigarettes, 18

Chromolithograph trade card of W.A. Rowe, a bicyclist in red athletic wear riding a penny-farthing bicycle through grass.

Chromolithograph cigarette card of cyclist Stevens in profile with mustache, winged bicycle wheel emblem, 1888.

Chromolithograph trade card of cyclist Wood with mustache, bicycle wheel and saddle, advertising Old Judge cigarettes.

Chromolithograph cigarette card of Daly, a mustached billiards player, with a cue and balls, green background, 1888.

Chromolithograph trade card of a mustached billiards champion in profile, with billiard balls, cue, and champion medals.

Chromolithograph cigarette card of a man in profile beside a billiard table, cue and laurel sprig, 1888.

Chromolithograph trade card of a mustached man above a billiards table, advertising Old Judge and Gypsy Queen Cigarettes.

Profile portrait of a mustached man in a bow tie on a Goodwin cigarette card reading Vignaux Billiards, 1888.

Engraving of Pan reaching toward flying Diana with a crescent moon, beside a goat, altar and tree with arrows.

Engraved portrait of Cleopatra with curled hair, a pearl pendant, and a vessel, beside draped curtains and a classical bust.

Engraved portrait of a seated woman with a young girl holding flowers, with a garden landscape behind them.

Chromolithographed cigarette card showing swordsman Duncan C. Ross in pink tights beside crossed sabers and a ceramic urn, 18

Chromolithograph trade card of Captain Mackenzie in profile, red bow tie, against a checkerboard, advertising cigarettes.

Chromolithograph cigarette card of bearded chess player Steinitz in a blue jacket against a checkered chessboard.

Chromolithograph cigarette card of a bearded man in a dark coat seated at a chessboard, titled Zukertort Chess, 1888.

Chromolithograph cigarette card of Beecher, Yale football captain, in a white jersey and red cap holding a football.

Trade card of William Byrd Page as a high jumper in white uniform and red shoes on a grassy field, 1888.

Chromolithographed trade card of jockey &quot;Snapper&quot; Garrison in red cap and orange jacket, with laurel wreath and horseshoe.

Chromolithograph trade card of jockey McLaughlin in red jacket and cream breeches holding a riding crop, with a horse rider b