Albanian, from World's Smokers series (N33) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Albanian, from World's Smokers series (N33) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trade cards from the "World's Smokers" series (N33), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Printer's samples included in set, as well. The printer's sample cards are on thinner card stock and do not have any printed text.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Albanian, from World's Smokers series (N33) for Allen & Ginter CigarettesAlbanian, from World's Smokers series (N33) for Allen & Ginter CigarettesAlbanian, from World's Smokers series (N33) for Allen & Ginter CigarettesAlbanian, from World's Smokers series (N33) for Allen & Ginter CigarettesAlbanian, from World's Smokers series (N33) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.