An 1888
cigarette card featuring
King Kelly, a
catcher for the
Boston Beaneaters, part of a 50 card set depicting athletes from a variety of sports, including eight
baseball players. This is an early example of the use of
pointillism in
printmaking to create a wide variety of colors with a small number of plates. The pointillist technique was later advanced to create
halftoning and
Benday dots.Card produced by
Goodwin & Company
An 1888
cigarette card featuring
King Kelly, a
catcher for the
Boston Beaneaters, part of a 50 card set depicting athletes from a variety of sports, including eight
baseball players. This is an early example of the use of
pointillism in
printmaking to create a wide variety of colors with a small number of plates. The pointillist technique was later advanced to create
halftoning and
Benday dots.Card produced by
Goodwin & Company