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

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

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

Three Turkish soldiers gathered round a fire in the dark, smoking pipes. Lithograph by T. Allom, ca. 1839.

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.

Men smoking and drinking outside a coffee shop in Cairo. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.

Constantinople: a boy presents a smoking hookah to Mr Sotiri, Albanian interpreter to the British consul in Bucharest. Lithograph by J. Nash, 1843, after D. Wilkie, 1840.

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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.

1 print : halftone, printed in colour ; image 16.6 x 14.2 cm

An opium den in France with smokers lying in beds being attended by Chinese men. Colour halftone, c. 1983.

1 print : chromolithograph ; image 41.3 x 28.5 cm

Shops of hashish merchants on a street in Cairo. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, c. 1850, after himself.

1 print : wood engraving ; image 8.7 x 15 cm

Two African men sitting on the ground to smoke. Wood engraving by Dalziel.

1 print : lithograph with tint plate, with white heightening ; image 41.8 x 31.8 cm

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

An opium den in France with smokers lying in beds being attended by Chinese men. Colour halftone, c. 1983.

Shops of hashish merchants on a street in Cairo. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, c. 1850, after himself.

Two African men sitting on the ground to smoke. Wood engraving by Dalziel.

Men and two children sit smoking pipes in a Turkish coffee house. Lithograph by J. Nash after D. Wilkie, 1840.

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

An opium den in France with smokers lying in beds being attended by Chinese men. Colour halftone, c. 1983.

Shops of hashish merchants on a street in Cairo. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, c. 1850, after himself.

Two African men sitting on the ground to smoke. Wood engraving by Dalziel.

Men and two children sit smoking pipes in a Turkish coffee house. Lithograph by J. Nash after D. Wilkie, 1840.

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