Waddington’s Sporting Series
Waddington’s Sporting Series, 1933.


Waddington’s Sporting Series, 1933
Designs by Paul Brown, G.D. Armour, Barribal, George Dervill Rowlandson (1861-1928) and others
Waddington's Pictorial Playing Cards comprises over 80 subjects all beautifully lithographed in ten colours, gold and silver, and produced from original paintings by famous artists. Each pack is linen grained and complete with 22 carat gold edges.



1980s Revival

Above: the Hunting theme was still popular in the late 1970s & 1980s. The painting is signed R. L. Harvey. Image courtesy Matt Probert.

By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
View ArticlesCurator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.