Uniform 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

Players Please: Sailor, 1955
Players Navy Cut small rectangular counter card. The background is yellow with a cream edge. In the centre is the head and shoulders of a sailor with " H Ms EXCELLENT" on his hatband

Players Please: Female sailor, 1955
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a painting of a blonde female sailor in white shirt and navy tie with naval hat to the left behind her head

A Mission to Seamen
Artist: La Thangue, Henry Herbert - Title: A Mission to Seamen - Date: 1891 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 180.3 x 235

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

One After Another, Players Please, 1956
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring an illustration of four open packets of 20 Navy Cut Cigarettes Medium standing up domino-style

Navy sailor cut-out, 1954
Players Navy Cut cut-out counter-card of a sailor leaning against a wooden post reading a paper. The sailor wears full navy coloured naval uniform

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

Portrait of an Officer (probably Major William Wylde, 1803-1808, OC, Southwell Volunteer Infantry)
British (English) School Oil on Canvas 75 x 53

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

Soldier on a Horse and An Old Woman, by The Burney Family
Wooded landscape. An old woman lies on the ground and looks angrily up at a soldier on horseback, another horse behind him

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"

Navy Cut mixed brands, 1924=25
Players Navy Cut tobacco fold-out counter card. The top of the card resembles a hoop which surrounds half-length figures of three navel officers

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1922
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card with a dome to the top centre. The background of the card is black with a gold border decorated with a green and red foliate design

The Sailor, 1950
Players Navy Cut rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of a painting of the Navy Cut sailor with " HMS EXCELLENT" written on his cap

Players means Quality, 1960
Players Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes counter-card featuring a colour illustration of a man from the chest up smoking a pipe

Mild and full of flavour, 1957=1958
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes Mild large rectangular counter-card featuring a central image of a packet of 20 Mild cigarettes and a lit cigarette underneath

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

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

Navy Cut De Luxe, 1921
Players Navy Cut De Luxe tobacco counter card. In the top, oval section is a dockside scene with two naval officers in eighteenth century uniform outside a building which is probably an inn under

Navy Cut mixed brands, 1921-22
Players mixed tobacco brands counter card the top of which resembles an oriental-style pointed dome and scrolls. The background is maroon with a gold edge

Mixed tobacco brands, 1928
Players mixed tobacco brands rectangular counter card. The background is cream with a blue border and there are illustrations of Country Life Medium, Country Life White Label

Navy Cut mixed brands, 1925=26
Players Navy Cut mixed brands rectangular counter card. The background is cream with a maroon and gold border. In the centre are three blue ovals with gold borders

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1928
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes counter card in the shape of a capstan. The background is blue, with a gold edging. In the centre is a yellow panel and the picture of a sailor

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927=28
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background is dark blue. Inset into the card is a pack of Navy Cut Medium cigarettes

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1926
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular, metal counter card depicting a rugby player scoring a touch-down with a pack of Navy Cut cigarettes instead of a ball

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1920=24
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background to the card is a blue pin-stripe with a gold edge

Navy Cut Medium Fives Cigarettes, 1927=28
Players Navy Cut Medium Fives cigarettes rectangular counter card. In the left hand corner is a pack of Navy Cut cigarettes. The text reads " Players // Fives // Please // 5 for 3d"

Navy Cut Gold Leaf Cigarettes, 1920=21
Players Gold Leaf Navy Cut cigarettes rectangular counter card. A packet of Gold Leaf cigarettes is pictured inside a blue oval frame against a gold on blue foliate background

Players Navy Cut: Blue design, 1900=1950
Players Navy Cut counter-card in blue, featuring text and the lifebuoy trademark in the bottom left corner. Text reads: " Players // Navy // Cut // In Packets only." There is a floral

Whatever the pleasure, Players complete it, 1959
Players Navy Cut large rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of a painting of a gentleman in navy jumper and brown flat cap holding a pipe next to a blonde haired woman in yellow jumper

Players means quality, 1959=1960
Players Navy Cut rectangular counter-card featuring an illustration of a grey and white haird gentleman on a boat smoking a pipe looking to top left corner

True to tradition, Players Please, 1958
Players Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of W. Howard Jarvis painting of HMS Girdle Ness escorted by anit-submarine frigates of the Blackwood

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