473332 Guglielmo Marconi, 1926 (colour litho) by Ritchie, Alick Penrose Forbes (1868-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Guglielmo Marconi (1874??937) Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi\'s law and a radio telegraph system; often called the inventor of radio; 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;); English, out of copyright.