The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hand-colored cigarette card portrait of a man in a striped turban and blue jacket, labeled Mark Smith, Hindoo of Southern Dec

Chromolithograph trade card of Mollie Fuller in a colorful cap and red headscarf, captioned Water Carrier of Tunis.

Chromolithograph trade card of Louis James in 15th-century Italian costume with a red and blue cap and blue cloak.

Engraved profile portrait of Guillaume Coustou in a powdered wig, within an oval frame with a ribbon above.

Engraved profile portrait of Antoine de Parcieux in an oval frame, with a powdered wig and ribbon bow at top.

Engraved oval profile portrait of a man in a powdered wig, with a ribbon at top and an inscribed caption below.

Chromolithograph trading card of a woman in a flower-decorated Hungarian hat and embroidered white blouse, with caption below

Profile portrait of a woman in a large green bonnet with bows and a striped bodice, from a Duke cigarette card.

Chromolithograph trade card of Louise Dillon in medieval costume with jeweled headdress, veil and red-trimmed gown.

Trade card portrait of a young woman in a white headscarf and floral sash, captioned Josie Hall, Japanese Lady.

Chromolithograph trading card portrait of Laura Burt in a white headdress with striped ribbon and blue bow, smiling.

Engraved profile portrait of a man in a powdered wig inside an oval frame, with a ribbon bow and printed caption below.

Chromolithograph trading card of a young woman in a yellow bonnet and green shawl, captioned Agnes Miller, Lady of France.

Chromolithograph trading card of a woman in a red cap with white feather, pearl necklace and red bodice with gold trim.

Caricatured Algerian man in a turban holding a spear beside a large grey coin design, from an 1889 Duke cigarette card.

Mezzotint of a bearded man in a hat smoking a pipe and holding a mug at a half-open door framed by vines.

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a dark cloak gripping a stick, looking upward, with fine crosshatched shading.

Caricature of a bald man in a turban holding a rifle beside a large grey coin, on a pink cigarette card labeled Algeria.

Caricatured bearded man in turban beside a large grey Arabic coin, from an 1889 Duke cigarette card.

Caricatured bearded man in a striped turban beside a large grey coin with Arabic lettering, on a cigarette card.

Chromolithograph caricature of a man in a red cap holding a large gold Austrian ducat coin, from an 1889 Duke cigarette card.

Engraved print of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat gesturing to a seated woman in a white bonnet beside a table of books.

Chromolithograph card of a caricature man in a feathered hat beside a large 1838 Bavarian half gulden coin.

Cartoon man in green feathered hat with walking stick beside a large 1/2 Gulden coin labeled Bavaria, 1838.

Engraved oval portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in a powdered wig and buttoned coat, labeled J.J. Rousseau below.

Engraved oval profile portrait of a man in a powdered wig and lace jabot, with an inscribed plaque below.

Caricature of a Chilean figure with a large nose and feathered headdress holding a staff, with a Chilean 1 escudo coin overla

Caricature of a Chilean figure with feathered headdress beside a large Republica de Chile 1840 escudo coin on a cigarette car

Colorful 1889 trade card showing a caricatured Chinese figure in a conical hat beside a large coin labeled 1 Cash.

Caricatured Chinese figure in a conical hat holding a fan and pipe, beside a large coin labeled 1 Cash, 1889 trade card.