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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: mikedemana on December 20, 2015, 12:25:41 AM

Title: Seven Years War paintings? Tobacco boxes??
Post by: mikedemana on December 20, 2015, 12:25:41 AM

Hi,

Isn't there a bunch of period paintings or illustrations of various Seven Years War troops that were done at the time on tobacco boxes, of something? I swear I came across a site that had these, but can't find it now...

Help...?

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com

Title: Re: Seven Years War paintings? Tobacco boxes??
Post by: Adam on December 20, 2015, 09:50:31 AM

Was it these cigarette cards you were thinking of:

http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/sturm/sturm10.html

(http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/sturm/img/stm1_134.jpg)

Title: Re: Seven Years War paintings? Tobacco boxes??
Post by: mikedemana on December 20, 2015, 08:36:24 PM

Thanks for the link! That one looks good.

Are there others people are aware of...? I seem to remember seeing a different one several years ago. Either I didn't bookmark it, or computer changes have made me lose it...

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com

Title: Re: Seven Years War paintings? Tobacco boxes??
Post by: Aaron on December 21, 2015, 12:33:07 PM

Mike,

There is also this from the New York Public Library: http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/the-vinkhuijzen-collection-of-military-uniforms#/?tab=navigation (http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/the-vinkhuijzen-collection-of-military-uniforms#/?tab=navigation). It covers a much broader spectrum than just the SYW, but I think I saw some tobacco cards in there somewhere...