{"product_id":"enm-2445-small-paper-album-about-dogs","title":"Wills's Cigarette Card Album \"Dogs,\" Complete Set of 50, Arthur Wardle, 1937","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA complete cigarette card album, An Album of Dogs, issued by W.D. \u0026amp; H.O. Wills of Bristol in 1937 and sold for one penny, with all fifty cards mounted in their gilt-framed places above a description of each breed. One card came in each packet of Wills's cigarettes, and filling the album was a national pastime between the wars. The cards were painted by Arthur Wardle, the most celebrated dog painter of his generation, and his signature is visible in the corner of each. The fifty breeds run from the Alsatian and Basset Hound to the West Highland White Terrier and Irish Wolfhound, and include the Pembrokeshire Welsh Corgi, recognized by the Kennel Club only three years before. Cigarette card issues ended in 1940 with wartime paper rationing, making this one of the last sets of its kind. The album is complete, its pages and cards are clean, and the front cover carries light foxing and a former shop's pencilled price.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67636992246038,"sku":"ENM-2445","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/2445-1.jpg?v=1792963854","url":"https:\/\/austynmariedesign.com\/products\/enm-2445-small-paper-album-about-dogs","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}