caricatures
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes deck with caricatures by Jeff Decker published by Gemaco Playing Card Co. 1989

Naval and Military Families
Naval and Military Families produced by Prince and Princess Louis of Battenberg, printed by Ernst Nister of Nuremberg, c.1905-10.

La Mariée du Mardi-Gras
La Mariée du Mardi-Gras, published by Jeux et Jouets Français. Paris, early 1900s.

Klutz Card Deck
Klutz Card Deck with comic courts.

Woman’s Hour
The Woman’s Hour playing cards published by David Westnedge, 1996.

Bicycle Emotions
Bicycle Emotions playing cards with custom emotions on the courts to help you bluff at cards, 2013.

Les Géants d’un Mythe
Les Géants d'un Mythe created by François Poulain and manufactured by Grimaud, 1983.

Cat Chaos
‘Cat Chaos Celebrity Edition’ card game by Ginger Fox Ltd., 2017.

World Leaders Snap
World Leaders Snap published around WW2, c.1940.

Jeu Grotesque
Jeu Grotesque was first published in France c.1800.

Society Misfitz
Society Misfitz published by C.W Faulkner & Co, c.1904.

Berliner Originale
“Berliner Originale” designed by Manfred Bofinger, 1986.

Schwarzer Peter
Schwarzer Peter animal pairs card game produced in Germany, c.1920s.

Naked Truth
“Naked Truth” Playing Politics with caricatures by Jason Pratt, 1997

Jungle Parties
“Jungle Parties” or “Playing Politics '87” designed & drawn by Patrick Cuenot.

Schwäbisch Hall
Schwäbisch Hall building society publicity deck designed by Alex Kardas, c.1975.

Royal Pavilion at Brighton
The Royal Pavilion, also known as the Brighton Pavilion, is an Asian-style palace built for King George IV when he was Prince of Wales.

Volleyball European Championship ’83
Volleyball European Championship Rummy, 1983, designed by Klaus Hennig.

Pack of Royals
Willie Rushton’s “Pack of Royals” featuring caricatures of the Royal Family, 1995.

Desafio Football Caricatures
“Desafio” playing cards with football player caricatures, c.2000

Playing Politics
“Playing Politics” or “Cabinet Shuffle” specially commissioned by the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983

Skat Politisch
Political “Skat Politisch” published by ASS, 1976

Victory
“Victory” by Pepys Games, a splendid game with caricatures of British and German leaders, published in 1940.

Ottakar’s Happy Families
Ottakar’s Happy Families designed by Chris Burke, 2000.

Truco “Únicos”
Naipes Truco “Únicos” with caricatures of national celebrities designed by Gerardo N. Perez, 2006.

Cartes Recréatives
Cartes Recréatives is a set of Transformed playing cards designed by Armand-Gustave Houbigant (1790-1863) and first published by Terquem et May, Metz, in 1819.

Polit-Poker 1984
“Polit-Poker” designed by Bubec (Lutz Backes), 1984.

La Baralla Espanyola de Regió 7
“La Baralla Espanyola de Regió 7”, created by Jaume Capdevila and Helena Rovira for Edicions Intercomarcals SA in 1996, depicts caricatures of Spanish politicians from that era.

Repoker Político
Political caricature playing cards designed by Antonio Olveira, published by the Malaga newspaper “Diario 16” on the occasion of the 1995 local elections.

Baraja Gallega
Baraja Gallega designed by cartoonists and caricaturists Pinto Chinto (David Pintor & Carlos López) in 2002.

Adolfo Matarelli Transformation
Matarelli was a well known caricaturist who first illustrated Carlo Collodi's famous Pinocchio story. He was also a collaborator in the satirical magazine “Il Lampione”, founded by Collodi.

Transformation of Playing Cards
Hand-drawing ‘Transformation’ playing cards was a popular pastime 200 years ago
