Duke of Rosebery, from the Racing Colors of the World series (N22a) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 1888

"Duke of Rosebery, from the Racing Colors of the World series" is a chromolithograph card depicting a jockey in pink and yellow racing silks. This card is from the Allen & Ginter series (N22a) of cigarette cards, printed in 1888. The card shows a jockey in a riding outfit, holding a riding crop and sporting the racing colors of the Duke of Rosebery. This small card is an example of chromolithography, a printing method that achieved a wide range of colors using multiple printing plates. The card, part of a series documenting racing colors from the late 19th-century, is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.