Famous British Authors: cigarette cards issued by Wills's, 1937
40 Portraits in set
40 cigarette cards in the series Wills's Famous British Authors, issued 1937 after photographs by Howard Coster, Bassano and others. Under the management of brothers William Day and Henry Overton Wills, the company W.D. & H.O. Wills became one of the leading tobacco companies in Britain in the 19th century and was the first British company to issue cigarette cards.
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42387
after E.O. Hoppé
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42388
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42389
Marjorie Bowen (Mrs Gabrielle Margaret Vere Long)
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42390
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42391
possibly after Howard Coster
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42392
Archibald Joseph ('A.J.') Cronin
probably after Bassano Ltd
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42393
probably after Bassano Ltd
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42394
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42395
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42396
Sir Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42397
after Claude Harris
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42398
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42399
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42400
Arthur Stuart Menteth Hutchinson (A.S.M.)
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42401
after Howard Coster
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42402
Margaret Ethel ('Storm') Jameson
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42403
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42404
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42405
William Stephen Richard King-Hall, Baron King-Hall
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42406
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42407
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42408
probably after Howard Coster
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42409
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42410
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42411
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42412
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42413
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
after Walter Benington
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42414
Denise Naomi Robins (née Klein)
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42415
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42416
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42417
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42418
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42419
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42420
Annie Shepherd Swan (Mrs Burnett Smith)
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42421
probably after Bassano Ltd
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42422
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42423
Dame Rebecca West (Cicily Isabel Andrews (née Fairfield))
after Yevonde
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
On display at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NPG D42424
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42425
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42426