Selection of decks of cards
Another variation of the designs for a deck of Russian playing cards, initially published by the factory at the Imperial Orphanage. The cards were printed using woodcuts. The graphic silhouettes of the characters were printed in gray. The rest of the coloring was yellow, red, blue, and even black.
Scans of this deck were provided by Jean Darquenne, a renowned promoter of playing cards and publisher of the Cartorama card catalog.
The original deck can be purchased at:
http://www.cartorama.de/
A variation of this drawing style can be seen here:
https://artcol.ru/en/cards/classic/g04575
https://artcol.ru/en/cards/classic/g04587#sigProId08fcfcde50
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