CIGARETTE / TRADE CARDS - ORIGINAL ARTWORK - TREVOR FORD

Weighing Machine Cards - a piece of highly detailed, mixed media, original artwork for the cigarette card series of Weighing Machine Cards by Mardon, Son and Hall Ltd, 'Association Footballers', believed to be unproduced, depicting a portrait of Trevor Ford (1949). Includes multiple pieces of paperwork containing the details and signed approval from Trevor Ford for the use of his photograph for the artwork, dated 1949 - 1954. Mounted on card, measuring approximately 15 x 21 cm. Artist unknown. Trevor Ford (1st October 1923 - 29 May 2003) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as centre forward for Swansea Town, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Cardiff City, PSV, Newport County and Romford, as well as for the Wales national team. He scored 202 league goals in 401 matches, the majority coming in the First Division during a career that spanned fifteen years.