Captain Jack Glasscock, Baseball Player, from World's Champions, Series 1 (N28) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes by Allen & Ginter

Captain Jack Glasscock, Baseball Player, from World's Champions, Series 1 (N28) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 1887

drawing, print

portrait

drawing

aged paper

toned paper

yellowing background

print

caricature

baseball

portrait reference

coloured pencil

men

portrait drawing

watercolour illustration

athlete

watercolor

fine art portrait

This 1887 lithograph by Allen & Ginter is part of a series of baseball cards featuring prominent players of the time. The card depicts Captain Jack Glasscock, a player for the Indianapolis team, holding a bat in a ready stance. This card is a valuable example of early baseball memorabilia and is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY. The card's small size, measuring 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in., is characteristic of the era's trading cards.