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John Player & Sons Ltd: Polar exploration; a series of 25 issued by the John Player & Sons Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd., Nottingham), [1915].
- Date
- 1915
- By
- John Player & Sons (Firm)
- Reference
- Eph-A-PICTURE-Cards-Cigarette-1915-01
- Description
Series of polar exploration cards:
1. Andree's polar balloon
2. Dr Fridtjof Nansen, GCVO, FRGS
3. How icebergs are formed
4. The Aurora Borealis
5. Perry and Hoppner's Arctic expedition
6. Eskimo with dog sledge
7. Ross and Parry's expedition 1818
8. Commander James Ross at the North Magnetic Pole 1831
9. Peary's Arctic expedition 1898-1902
10. Eskimo with their toupiks or summer tents
11. Eskimo hunting seal in a kayak
12. Relics of the Franklin expedition
13. The 'Nimrod' picking up the Northern party
14. A remarkable fumarole in the old crater of Mount Erebus
15. Start of the Western party from Cape Royds
16. The Northern party at the South Magnetic Pole
17. The Ferrar Glacier
18. The Aurora Australis
19. The discovery of Greenland
20. Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition 1819-22
21. Cabot's voyage in search of a North-West passage, 1497
22. Henry Hudson cast adrift
23. An extract from Ernest Shackleton's diary, Jan 4th 1909
24. Lieut Sir E H Shackleton, CVO
25. The British Antarctic expedition 1910
Titles of individual cards are from the verso. The titles on the recto (image itself) differ.
Quantity: 25 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Chromolithographs on cards, 36 x 69 mm.
Provenance: Purchased from J & S L Bonham, United Kingdom, in 2015.
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- No access restrictions
- Format
- 25 colour art print(s), Ephemera, Chromolithographs, Cigarette cards, Chromolithographs on cards, 36 x 69 mm.
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UnknownJohn Player & Sons Ltd: The Aurora Borealis [1915].
Date: 1915
From: John Player & Sons Ltd: Polar exploration; a series of 25 issued by the John Player & Sons Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd., Nottingham), [1915].
Reference: Eph-A-PCC-1915-01-04
Description: Shows a display of the Northern Lights. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 38 x 69 mm.
John Player & Sons Ltd: Parry & Hoppner's visit to eskimo village, 1822 [1915].
Date: 1822 - 1915
From: John Player & Sons Ltd: Polar exploration; a series of 25 issued by the John Player & Sons Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd., Nottingham), [1915].
Reference: Eph-A-PCC-1915-01-05
Description: Shows two explorers meeting Inuit beside their igloos. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 38 x 69 mm.
John Player & Sons Ltd: Dr Fridtjof Nansen, G.C.V.O., F.R.G.S. [1915].
Date: 1915
From: John Player & Sons Ltd: Polar exploration; a series of 25 issued by the John Player & Sons Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd., Nottingham), [1915].
Reference: Eph-A-PCC-1915-01-02
Description: Shows a head and shoulders portrait of the Greenland explorer Fridtjof Nansen. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 69 x 38 mm.
John Player & Sons Ltd: Eskimo with dog sledge [1915].
Date: 1915
From: John Player & Sons Ltd: Polar exploration; a series of 25 issued by the John Player & Sons Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd., Nottingham), [1915].
Reference: Eph-A-PCC-1915-01-06
Description: Shows an Inuit man standing beside his sled and dog team. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 38 x 69 mm.
John Player & Sons Ltd: How icebergs are formed [1915].
Date: 1915
From: John Player & Sons Ltd: Polar exploration; a series of 25 issued by the John Player & Sons Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd., Nottingham), [1915].
Reference: Eph-A-PCC-1915-01-03
Description: Illustration shows iceberge breaking off the ice shelf off Greenland. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 38 x 69 mm.
John Player & Sons Ltd: Andrée's polar balloon 1897 [1915].
Date: 1897 - 1915
From: John Player & Sons Ltd: Polar exploration; a series of 25 issued by the John Player & Sons Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd., Nottingham), [1915].
Reference: Eph-A-PCC-1915-01-01
Description: Image shows Herr Salomon Andrée travelling in a balloon over mountains. Descriptive text is on the verso Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 69 x 38 mm.
John Player & Sons Ltd: Ice mound of condensed vapour, Mt Erebus [1915].
Date: 1907 - 1915 - 1909
From: John Player & Sons Ltd: Polar exploration; a series of 25 issued by the John Player & Sons Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd., Nottingham), [1915].
Reference: Eph-A-PCC-1915-01-14
Description: Cards shows "a remarkable fumarole in the Old Crater of Mount Erebus", with four men standing at the right foreground. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 38 x 69 mm.
John Player & Sons Ltd: Eskimo hunting seal in a kayak [1915].
Date: 1915
From: John Player & Sons Ltd: Polar exploration; a series of 25 issued by the John Player & Sons Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd., Nottingham), [1915].
Reference: Eph-A-PCC-1915-01-11
Description: Shows an Inuit paddling a kayak towards seals on ice in the left foreground. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 38 x 69 mm.
John Player & Sons Ltd: Eskimo Toupiks, Greenland [1915].
Date: 1915
From: John Player & Sons Ltd: Polar exploration; a series of 25 issued by the John Player & Sons Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd., Nottingham), [1915].
Reference: Eph-A-PCC-1915-01-10
Description: Card shows a group of Inuit outside their tent made of skins. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 38 x 69 mm.
John Player & Sons Ltd: The start from Cape Royds, Shackleton's Expedition [1 December ...
Date: 1908 - 1915
From: John Player & Sons Ltd: Polar exploration; a series of 25 issued by the John Player & Sons Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd., Nottingham), [1915].
Reference: Eph-A-PCC-1915-01-15
Description: Card shows four men, a sled and some dogs on the ice. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 38 x 69 mm.