Dondorf Tarot Court Cards     1 • 2 • 3

B. Dondorf (1833-1933), Frankfurt am Main.

The four suits are associated with four countries: Clubs = Germany, Diamonds = UK, Spades = Russia and Hearts = France. Whilst the four pictorial Aces show nationally symbolic buildings from each country, the court cards depict eminent persons.   See also:  The Trumps • The Four Aces.

Above: sixteen court cards from Dondorf's Tarot Microscopique, chromolithography, c.1926. Images courtesy Barney Townshend.   See also:  The Trumps • The Four Aces.