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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 10236073, member: 22&quot;]&#039;Celebrities of British History&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>Produced by Carreras Ltd, 1935. (Carreras Cigarettes)</p><p><br /></p><p>If they are cigarette cards there should be 50 in a set, and they should measure 68 x 36mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the 70&#039;s and 80&#039;s many sets were broken up and framed and displayed in pubs and hotels.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is from my Cigarette Card catalogue.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Description:</b> The famous people selected for inclusion are from all walks of life and span 700 years from Thomas A&#039;Becket down to late Victorian notabilities and including Chaucer, Drake, Raleigh, Shakespeare, Cromwell, Wren, Cook, Nelson, Wellington, Darwin and Dickens through to Florence Nightingale. The pictures are taken mostly from paintings, many of which are in the National Portrait Gallery, and it&#039;s interesting to note that Dr. Johnson on no. 25 is from a painting in the Tate by Sir Joshua Reynolds who himself appears in a self-portrait on no. 28. Text backs summarise each subject&#039;s place in British history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cat value per set £50.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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