Research Catalog

Title

African wildlife / illustrated and described by C.F. Tunnicliffe.

Author

Tunnicliffe, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1901-1979.

Publication

[London? : Brooke Bond, 199u?]

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Details

Description

[18] p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map; 15 x 21 cm.

Summary

An album of 50 tea cards issued by the Brooke Bond Co. Includes descriptive text and one card each for: Gorilla, Mantled Baboon, Chimpanzee, Mandriil, Pata Monkey, Colobus Monkey, Syke's Monkey, Bushy-tailed Galago, Ring-tailed Lemur, Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Caracal, Genet, Serval, Banded Mongoose, Zorilla, Ratel, Porcupine, Jumping Hare, Ground Squirrel, Rock Hyrax, Fennec Fox, Spotted Hyena, Black-backed Jackal, African Hunting Dog, Buffalo, Barbary Sheep, Zebra, Brindled Gnu (or Wildebeest), Coke's Hartebeest, Giraffe, Okapi, Bongo, Eland, Kudu, Sable Antelope, Oryx, Impal, Thompson's Gazelle, Grant's Gazelle, Klipspringer, Hippopotamous, Elephant, Black Rhinoceros, Wart Hog, Red-River Hog, Aardvark, Giant Pangolin and Nile Crocodile.

Series Statement

Brooke Bond picture cards

Uniform Title

Brooke Bond picture cards.

Subjects

• Printed ephemera > Great Britain > 20th century
• Brooke Bond Tea Company Collectibles
• Tea cards > Great Britain
• Zoology > Africa > Albums
• Animals > Africa > Pictorial works

Note

• "This series of picture cards is offered in the interests of education by Brooke Bond. A card is given free in all packets of Brooke Bond tea, also two cards in each 1/2 lb. tin of Brooke Bond Pure and French Coffee"--P. [4] of cover.
• In the 1950s and 1960s, packets of Brooke Bond tea included illustrated cards, usually 50 in a series. One of the most famous illustrators of the cards was Charles Tunnicliffe, the internationally acclaimed bird painter. Most of the initial series were wildlife-based. The inclusion of these cards in packets of tea ceased in 1999. There were well over 200 series issued and many of them have since been reprinted.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

OCLC

880717447

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library