Willie Harradon, Cyclist, The Youthful Phenomenon, from World's Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes by Allen & Ginter

Willie Harradon, Cyclist, The Youthful Phenomenon, from World's Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 1888

drawing, print

portrait

drawing

toned paper

light pencil work

yellowing background

print

pencil sketch

coloured pencil

coffee painting

men

portrait drawing

watercolour bleed

watercolour illustration

athlete

watercolor

This chromolithograph trading card from the "World's Champions" series by Allen & Ginter, produced in 1888, features Willie Harradon, a celebrated cyclist known as "The Youthful Phenomenon." The card showcases Harradon's youthful appearance, wearing a brown cap and jersey, with a small image of a cyclist in the top right corner. This card is a prime example of late 19th-century sports memorabilia and is now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection in New York City.