Military Collection

Captain Albert Ball (1896-1917), VC, DSO
Artist: Newling, Edward - Title: Captain Albert Ball (1896-1917), VC, DSO - Date: 1921 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 111.8 x 86.4

Napoleon Leaving the Field of Waterloo, 18th June 1815
Artist: Jones, George - Title: Napoleon Leaving the Field of Waterloo, 18th June 1815 - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 58.3 x 90

Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927=28
Players counter card in the shape of the full-length profile of a naval officer. His insignia suggest he is a commander. His left hand is in his pocket

Navy Cut Medium cigarettes, 1924
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes in three, tiered sections. The back section is the tallest and comprises packs of cigarettes

Colonel Sir Charles Seely (1859-1926)
Artist: Ouless, Walter William - Title: Colonel Sir Charles Seely (1859-1926) - Date: 1897 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 125.5 x 100.4

Portrait of the Horse, Which Belonged to Major Burton at the Balaklava Charge
Artist: Bretland, Thoman W. - Title: Portrait of the Horse, Which Belonged to Major Burton at the Balaklava Charge - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 63.5 x 76.2

Airman tobaccos, 1926=28
layers Airman counter card in two parts. The background depicts a green rolling landscape below a blue sky

Roll Call tobacco and cigarettes, 1922
Players Roll Call cigarettes and tobacco, pull-out counter card roughly in the shape of a pyramid. The central section depicts a soldier in eighteenth century uniform with a cockade on his hat

Players Roll Call
Advertising counter card

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1925=27
Players Drumhead Cigarettes roughly rectangular counter card. The background is dark blue with a pale blue border. To the left is an open pack of 10 Drumhead cigarettes which protrudes above

Navy Cut Medium Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1928
Players Navy Cut Medium Tobacco and Cigarettes rectangular counter card. Top centre is the head and shoulders of a sailor. His hat ribbon reads " H.M.S. INVINCIBLE"

Ask for Players Drumhead Cigarettes: Irish Manufacture, 1934
Players Drumhead Cigarettes counter-card featuring an illustration of an open packet of 10 Drumhead cigarettes on top of a lit Drumhead cigarette lying down

Navy Cut Medium Cork Tip Cigarettes, 1931
Players Navy Cut Medium cork tipped cigarettes padded rectangular counter card with a glossy finish. The background is cream with a green border

Navy Cut Medium Cork Tip Cigarettes, 1930
Players Navy Cut Medium cork tipped cigarettes rectangular counter card depicting a young woman smoking a cigarette. Above her head the smoke has formed a ring giving the appearance of her having a

John Players Archive
Nottingham Prints John Players Archive

Roll Call Cigarettes and Tobacco, 1921
Players Roll Call cigarettes and tobacco rectangular, convex counter card. The background is black with a narrow red, gold and green, art-deco style border

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1927=28
Players Drumhead Cigarettes pull-out counter card in three parts. The back section depicts a drummer boy with a pack on his back, wearing a busby, elaborate tailed coat, white breeches and gaiters

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923=26
Players Drumhead Cigarettes rectangular, convex counter card. The background is gold and blue. In the centre is a shield-shaped plaque with the outline of a drum and crossed sticks

Airman Tobacco, 1929
Players Airman Tobaccos pull-forward counter card. The top section is shaped like a cloud and is painted with a blue sky and white clouds

Airman Tobacco: Five new tobaccos, 1928=30
Players Airman Tobaccos rectangular counter card. The card has a yellow background with a blue and white border. To the top and right are packs of tobacco

Airman Tobacco, 1926=28
Players Airman Tobaccos roughly triangular or pyramid shaped counter card depicting the head and shoulders of a man dressed in a jacket with a fur collar, flying helmet and goggles

Airman Tobacco, 1926
Players Airman Tobaccos counter card in the shape of a capstan. The background to the upper part is white with a white and grey chequered border

Airman Mixture tobacco, 1925=26
Players Airman Mixture tobacco rectangular counter card. The background is purple. In the centre of the card is a pack of Airman Mixture tobacco surmounted by imitation RAF wings

Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1924=26
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes and Tobacco rectangular counter card. In the centre is the head and shoulders of a sailor in oilskins, smoking a pipe. The picture is signed " T Insall"

Players White Label cigarettes

Navy Cut White Label cigarettes, 1926
Players Navy Cut White Label Cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background is grey with three panels of a darker grey over the top

Navy Cut White Label cigarettes, 1925
Players Navy Cut White Label Cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background is grey with a white border. At the centre, top

Navy Cut White Label cigarettes, 1924=25
Players Navy Cut White Label Cigarettes rectangular counter card depicting a man in a homburg hat, smoking a cigarette, reading a newspaper

Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927
Players counter card in the shape of a banner with scrolled ends. The lettering and decoration appear to be hand painted. The text reads " PLAYERs // NAVY CUT CIGARETTES"

Players, 1923
Players counter card in the shape of a banner with scrolled ends. At either end is the sailor in a life-buoy trade mark. The text reads " PLAYER S"

Players Please, 1928
Players Please rectangular counter card. The background is dark blue with a gold edging. In the bottom right hand corner is the sailor in a life-buoy trade mark

Drumhead Cigarettes: Made in Dublin, 1934
Players Drumhead Cigarettes counter-card featuring a central illustration of a Drumhead cigarette. The text on the card against a blue triangle and green background

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1930
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background is dark blue with a pale blue border. Centre top is an open pack of 10 Medium cigarettes with two protruding

Navy Cut Tobacco, 1939=40
Players Navy Cut Medium tobacco rectangular, pull-forward counter card in two sections. The rear section depicts an estuary or similar with three sailing yachts, in the background three ships

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1924=26
Players Drumhead Cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background is grey and in the centre is a caricature of a guardsman wearing an oversized bearskin hat

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1906
Players Navy Mixture tobacco rectangular counter card. Top centre is the sailor inside a life buoy trade mark. In the bottom left hand corner is a pack of Navy Mixture tobacco

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923
Players Drumhead cigarettes rectangular counter card. In the centre of the card is a picture of a lancer mounted on a white horse in a landscape

Military Encampment - Enrico Pacsano
Oil on Canvas 81.2 x 151.1

Roll Call Tobacco, 1920
Players Roll Call tobacco push forward counter card in a roughly triangular shape comprised of packs of Roll Call tobacco

Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1921
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes and Tobacco rectangular, convex counter card. The background is navy blue and on the left hand side is a picture of the head and shoulders of a sailor, in profile

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1931
Players Navy Cut Medium rectangular counter card. The background is cream. To left to just right of centre is a picture of a sailing yacht, manned by four men, on a brisk sea

Airman tobaccos, 1926
Players Airman circular counter card. The border of the card is made up of an outer red ring and an inner white ring. The centre of the card depicts two men in a bi-plane

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