A Short History of General Ambrose Powell Hill, from the Histories of Generals series of booklets (N78) for Duke brand cigarettes

A Short History of General Ambrose Powell Hill, from the Histories of Generals series of booklets (N78) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co.

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Miniature booklets from the "Histories of Generals" series (N78), issued in a set of 50 booklets in 1888 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes. Each booklet consists of 16 pages with covers.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Short History of General Ambrose Powell Hill, from the Histories of Generals series of booklets (N78) for Duke brand cigarettesA Short History of General Ambrose Powell Hill, from the Histories of Generals series of booklets (N78) for Duke brand cigarettesA Short History of General Ambrose Powell Hill, from the Histories of Generals series of booklets (N78) for Duke brand cigarettesA Short History of General Ambrose Powell Hill, from the Histories of Generals series of booklets (N78) for Duke brand cigarettesA Short History of General Ambrose Powell Hill, from the Histories of Generals series of booklets (N78) for Duke brand 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.