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Title	B. Morris How to Sketch
Year	1929
Size	1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″
Images	Black and White
Type	Tobacco
Number in Set	50

1929 B. Morris How to Sketch Set Overview

This creative set was an instructional one teaching collectors how to draw. Cards were issued by B. Morris & Sons, Ltd., a tobacco company from London. They were distributed in Morris’ High Grade Cigarettes.

The cards were printed in black and white and helped collectors draw various things. Each card had at least a couple of images providing a step by step tutorial, of sorts. Backs of the cards provided additional instruction about the sketch.

It is mostly a non-sports set with most subjects being plants, animals, or still objects. but two sports cards are included as collectors were shown how to draw a golfer and a tennis player.

The cards are not easy to find here in the U.S. and are rarely seen, even on large marketplaces such as eBay.

1929 B. Morris How to Sketch Set Checklist

1. Common Objects
2. Still-life Group
3. Still-life Group
4. Still-life Group
5. Perch
6. Rose
7. Wild Rose
8. Shades of Foliage
9. Oak Tree
10. Willow
11. Landscape with Cottage
12. Old Mill
13. Landscape
14. A Liner
15. Sparrows
16. Rabbit
17. Dog’s Head
18. Pig
19. Bull’s Head
20. Horse’s Head
21. Horse’s Head
22. Horse
23. Kittens
24. Fowls
25. Dogs
26. Eye
27. Nose
28. Mouth
29. Ear
30. Nostrils and Mouth
31. Profiles
32. Girl’s Head
33. Male Figure
34. The Head
35. Girl’s Head
36. Head of Man
37. Head of Man
38. Head of Old Man
39. Hand
40. Hands
41. Foot
42. Front Foot
43. Legs
44. Legs
45. Child
46. Golfer
47. Tennis Player
48. Old Man
49. Girl with Dogs
50. Policeman

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