Jack of Hearts, from Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889

This colorful playing card, "Jack of Hearts," is part of the "Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series" issued by the Kinney Bros. Tobacco Company in 1889. The card features a whimsical, caricatured Jack of Hearts playing a cello and holding a heart-shaped playing card. The card's design is typical of late 19th-century playing card illustrations and was likely intended to be included in a deck of cards given away with tobacco products, a popular marketing tactic of the time. The card, which measures 2 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (7 × 3.8 cm), is now part of the collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.