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Snuff trays

Images

  • Two men at a fireside table taking snuff; remarks on snuff-taking below. Coloured etching, c. 1825.
  • A street scene with a tall man offering snuff to a short, fat man. Coloured etching by W.P., 1827.
  • An old gentleman visitor offering snuff to an old woman at her fireside. Coloured lithograph by J. J. Chalon, c. 1821, after himself.
  • Five young women taking snuff. Stipple print after L. Boilly, ca. 1825.
  • Tobacco: an Irishman, a Scot and an English sailor smoke, take snuff and chew respectively. Coloured aquatint by Hunt, c. 1833, after W. Summers after C. J. Grant.
  • A young gentleman taking snuff. Mezzotint by H. Dawe, c. 1824, after M. W. Sharp.
  • A group of five heads; three men smoking tobacco and two women taking snuff. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech, c. 1825, after L. Boilly.
  • Two men at a fireside table taking snuff; remarks on snuff-taking below. Coloured etching, c. 1825.
  • An old gentleman visitor offering snuff to an old woman at her fireside. Coloured lithograph by J. J. Chalon, c. 1821, after himself.
  • A group of five heads; three men smoking tobacco and two women taking snuff. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech, c. 1825, after L. Boilly.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Two pictures: a man sits by an empty barrel; a hooka and other smoking accessories. Wood-engravings.

    | Reference: 25019i
    • Pictures

    Five young women taking snuff. Stipple print after L. Boilly, ca. 1825.

    Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845. | Date: 1825 | Reference: 24985i
  • view A pretty girl and an old woman both taking snuff. Coloured stipple engraving after L. Boilly, ca. 1827.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A pretty girl and an old woman both taking snuff. Coloured stipple engraving after L. Boilly, ca. 1827.

    Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845. | Date: August 1827 | Reference: 24987i
  • view An old gentleman visitor offering snuff to an old woman at her fireside. Coloured lithograph by J. J. Chalon, c. 1821, after himself.
    • Pictures

    An old gentleman visitor offering snuff to an old woman at her fireside. Coloured lithograph by J. J. Chalon, c. 1821, after himself.

    Chalon, John James, 1778-1854. | Date: 15 May 1821 | Reference: 24977i
  • view Tobacco: an Irishman, a Scot and an English sailor smoke, take snuff and chew respectively. Coloured aquatint by Hunt, c. 1833, after W. Summers after C. J. Grant.
    • Pictures

    Tobacco: an Irishman, a Scot and an English sailor smoke, take snuff and chew respectively. Coloured aquatint by Hunt, c. 1833, after W. Summers after C. J. Grant.

    Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852. | Date: 1 January 1833 | Reference: 24988i
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