Coasting, from the Games and Sports series (N165) for Old Judge Cigarettes 1889

"Coasting," from the *Games and Sports* series of trade cards for Old Judge Cigarettes, depicts a winter scene of a couple sledding down a snowy hill, with a single figure looking on. This 1889 chromolithograph by Goodwin & Company is a charming example of the popular Victorian pastime of collecting trade cards. The card's small size, measuring 1 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches, makes it a delightful artifact of 19th-century American advertising and printmaking. "Coasting" is a popular subject for Victorian art and continues to be enjoyed by children today. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY, houses this delightful visual document of American leisure.