Arthur James Balfour, 1926 (colour litho)

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), British Conservative politician, statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902-05; in David Lloyd George's coalition government he was Foreign Secretary (1916–1919); author of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and for which his name remains best known today; from the series of 'Straight Line' caricatures produced as cigarette cards by John Player & Sons; the golden age of cigarette cards was from the late 19th century until the Second World War and were immensely popular both as collector items and as a source of instruction, entertainment and amusement before the widespread use of television and radio;