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Two Malay men and a woman sit and recline on the floor smoking opium. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.

Men smoking, drinking and singing in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after E. van Heemskerk.

The figure of a man with extra large head made up from cigars, pipes, tobacco leaves, etc. Coloured lithograph by T. Worth?, c. 1880.

Two Chinese opium smokers in a booth watched by a woman who fans herself. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.

An Englishman and Asian man seated in a pavilion playing chess and both smoking the hooka. Coloured aquatint by T. Rickards, ca. 1804, after C. Gold.

The interior of a dingy smoke den where groups of men smoke, drink and play cards. Engraving by F. del Pedro, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.

Two wealthy Chinese opium smokers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 19th century.

An Indian man sits with a smoking hookah on his knee. Lithograph by J. Nash, 1846, after D. Wilkie.

A man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Coloured etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.

An Arab sheikh smoking a hooka attended by his pipe-bearer. Coloured lithograph by Saint Germain, c. 1850, after E. Prisse.

Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

A man sits at a table lighting his pipe. Etching by D. Deuchar (?) after A. van Ostade (?).

A wealthy Mohammedan smoking a hooka as two attendants fan him. Engraving by J. Stephenson, 1835, after W. Daniell.

Five men sit indoors smoking and drinking, others play cards. Engraving, mid-19th century, by W. French after D. Teniers.

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Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

A man sits at a table lighting his pipe. Etching by D. Deuchar (?) after A. van Ostade (?).

The interior of a dingy smoke den where groups of men smoke, drink and play cards. Engraving by F. del Pedro, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.

A wealthy Mohammedan smoking a hooka as two attendants fan him. Engraving by J. Stephenson, 1835, after W. Daniell.

Five men sit indoors smoking and drinking, others play cards. Engraving, mid-19th century, by W. French after D. Teniers.