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 under an arbor playing chess and both smoking the hooka. Coloured aquatint by T. Rickards, c. 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.

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1 print : engraving, with stipple ; image 28.3 x 26.5 cm

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 (?).

1 print : engraving ; image 29.6 x 39.5 cm

1 print : engraving ; platemark 15 x 22.8 cm

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.

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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.

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