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  • An old man in cloak and turban smoking a long pipe (chibouk). Watercolour, 18--.
  • A Chinese man sits smoking an opium pipe. Wood engraving after E. Ronjat.
  • An Abyssinian woman sits on the floor near a smoking hooka. Coloured lithograph by J. Heicke after I. Forray, 18th century.
  • An Indian man sits with a smoking hookah on his knee. Lithograph by J. Nash, 1846, after D. Wilkie.
  • Two Chinese opium smokers, one reclines on a bed and the other sits. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • Six Indian men smoking a variety of pipes and hookas. Coloured aquatint with etching by A. Biasioli, c. 1815.
  • An Arab sheikh smoking a hooka attended by his pipe-bearer. Coloured lithograph by Saint Germain, c. 1850, after E. Prisse.
  • An old man smokes a long-stemmed pipe, others water-pipes, in a Turkish coffee house. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, 1824.
  • Men and two children sit smoking pipes in a Turkish coffee house. Lithograph by J. Nash after D. Wilkie, 1840.
  • A wealthy Mohammedan smoking a hooka as two attendants fan him. Engraving by J. Stephenson, 1835, after W. Daniell.
  • A poor African man lying by his pipe. Wood-engraving.
  • Two Chinese opium smokers reclining in a booth watched by a woman with bound feet. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • Three wealthy Indians sit smoking hookas and a cigar. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, c. 1809.
  • Two Chinese opium smokers in a booth watched by a woman who fans herself. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • An Indian man smoking a nariel, or cocoa nut hooka. Coloured stipple and line etching, c. 1804, after F. Solvyns.
  • A smoker with huge head exhales cigar smoke which forms the words "try one". Coloured lithograph, c. 1879, after T. Worth.
  • A smoker with huge head exhales cigar smoke which forms the words "try one". Coloured lithograph, c. 1879, after T. Worth.
  • A smoker with huge head exhales cigar smoke which forms the words "try one". Coloured lithograph, c. 1879, after T. Worth.
  • A smoker with huge head exhales cigar smoke which forms the words "try one". Coloured lithograph, c. 1879, after T. Worth.
  • Two wealthy Chinese opium smokers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 19th century.
  • Two poor Chinese opium smokers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 19th century.
  • An opium den in London's East End with smokers lying on wooden bunks and slouching by the fire. Wood-engraving by W. B. Murray, c. 1880.
  • An opium den in London's East End with men lying on wooden bunks as a smoker enters. Wood-engraving, c. 1880, after J. C. Dollman.
  • Two Malay men and a woman sit and recline on the floor smoking opium. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • Two Malay men and a woman sit and recline on the floor smoking opium. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • A wealthy Afghan lady reclining and smoking a hooka. Coloured lithograph by R. Carrick, c. 1848, after J. Rattray.
  • Fifty four different African pipes. Chromolithograph by Schmidt, c. 1863.
  • A wealthy Afghan lady reclining and smoking a hooka. Coloured lithograph by R. Carrick, c. 1848, after J. Rattray.