Baraja Taurina by Simeon Durá, c.1916
Baraja Taurina manufactured by Simeon Durá (Valencia) for Chocolate Angelical, first published in 1916.




Above: cards from Baraja Taurina desigbed by J. Vázquez and manufactured by Simeon Durá (Valencia) for Chocolate Angelical, first published in 1916. 48 cards. The back of each card features a sepia photograph of a different contemporary matador with advertising for Chocolate Angelical superimposed on cross-hatching. Owing to its great popularity this pack was in print until the 1930s and variations in the front and back designs and colouring can be found in the different editions.


By Simon Wintle
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