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A woman smoking a cigarette, showing the route through which the smoke passes to the heart and lungs, as a warning against smoking. Colour lithograph, ca. 1940.

Two men at a fireside table taking snuff; remarks on snuff-taking below. Coloured etching, c. 1825.

A woman smoking a pipe and holding a drinking glass. Etching.

Five men gather round a table to play cards, drink and smoke in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after D. Teniers, the younger.

Gentlemen round a table at their club, smoking and drinking punch. Coloured mezzotint, late 18th century.

Egypt: a street with a man smoking and riding a camel. Chromolithograph after C. F. H. Werner, 1873.

A man with an extra large head exhales smoke from an enormous cigar. Coloured lithograph, c. 1880, after T. Worth.

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

A street scene with a tall man offering snuff to a short, fat man. Coloured etching by W.P., 1827.

Five men sit smoking round a fireplace, another stands with his back to the fire. Mezzotint after A. van Ostade (?).

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Smoking and drinking / by James Parton.

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.

1 print : mezzotint ; image 40.9 x 33.9 cm

Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1771, after D. Teniers the younger.

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

A man sits smoking by a fireplace with a jug on the floor beside him. Engraving, c. 1825.

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Smoking and drinking / by James Parton.

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.

Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1771, after D. Teniers the younger.

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

A man sits smoking by a fireplace with a jug on the floor beside him. Engraving, c. 1825.

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Smoking and drinking / by James Parton.

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.

Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1771, after D. Teniers the younger.

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

A man sits smoking by a fireplace with a jug on the floor beside him. Engraving, c. 1825.

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