Rare 1926 UK George Vernon Stokes Dog Art Sanders Custard Jelly Card BLOODHOUND

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RARE UK DOG ART CIGARETTE / TOBACCO / TRADE CARD, COLLECTIBLE, UK. Original 1926 Dogs Series, Issued by Sanders' Crystal Jelly and Sanders' Custard Deluxe, Dogs Series with beautiful full color artwork paintings by George Vernon Stokes, of well known breeds of dogs, with dogs in a scene, with a black border around the edge. Each card is in Very Good Plus to Excellent condition - most have insignificant wear to no wear. Some have very minor registration issues with the color plates not quite aligning perfectly. Size of the card is 2.75" long by 1.55" tall. Printed on the reverse side with details of the breed, the series number and breed name. Most of the cards are trimmed so that white surrounding border is not perfectly even all the way around
George Vernon Stokes (1873 - 1954) was an illustrator of great renown, who made pictures and drawings for scores of dog encyclopedias, breed books, and stories. Together with his sister Cynthia Harnett, Stokes produced numerous large format illustrated children's stories with a dog or dogs as central characters. His paintings were loose in format, lush in color, portrayed great personality, and Terriers were particularly plentiful in his body of work. This set of 20 paintings in the Dog Series was also used by other manufacturers on different sets of cards, and have also been reproduced as Postcards.
These rare dog cards are seldom seen on eBay - and almost never in condition this exceptional, so do not miss your chance to own this beautiful collectible!! Two of these cards available at this time, and you never know when (or IF) another might be available!!
This Auction is for ONE card, BREED: Bloodhound, Number 7 in the Series, ONLY. Description stated on back: Points. Head very long and narrow with great depth from nose to lower jaw and peak highly developed, eyes deeply sunk in head, lids of which are rather dragged down by the wrinkle from brows to Deep Flews, he should have heavy Dew-lap. The skin over head and body should be as Loose as possible, ears set on very low and hang in very long and graceful folds. Chest deep, front legs strong and straight. Colour a rich tan with black markings. His character is of the kindest, quite lacking in that ferocity generally attributed to him, his work is tracking not killing.
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Condition Grading is typically as follows:
Mint: Almost as good as new; entirely un-blemished.
Excellent: As good as could be expected: cards clean with a minimum of damage, sharp corners and edges.
Very Good: Slight damage only. Corners not creased but may have slightly rounded corners, some light soiling possible especially to end cards.
Good: Some damage or soiling, includes corner damage, damage from adhesive backs, grubby backs.
Fair: Card may be damaged by creases, folds, crack or dirty mark.
Poor: Card with a number of the above faults.
I am probably tougher grading my items than many, so that you will be happily surprised when the item arrives!!