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  • 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.
  • Two wealthy Chinese opium smokers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 19th century.
  • A man selling opium; nearby a woman breast feeds her baby. Engraving by F. W. Topham, c. 1840, after W. Muller.
  • An opium den in San Francisco, early 20th century, with two Chinese men smoking. Process print after a photograph.
  • Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Tinted lithograph, c. 1866, after T. Allom.
  • 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.
  • Two poor Chinese opium smokers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 19th century.
  • Two Chinese men stand by a shop window while opium smokers sit on the terrace above. Pencil drawing with sepia wash by W. J. Bellairs, 19th century.
  • An opium den in London's East End with a reclining smoker being watched by a group of men. Wood engraving by A. Doms, 1872, after G. Doré.
  • A Chinese man sits smoking an opium pipe. Wood engraving after E. Ronjat.
  • A mother who believes that an "Infants preservative" (medicine for infants) will preserve her child from danger in a collapsing house. Coloured lithograph, 183-.
  • Two Chinese opium smokers reclining in a booth watched by a woman with bound feet. 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.
  • 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.
  • A young Jewish woman with long-crowned turban kneels on a mat smoking opium. Engraving, c. 1702.
  • A Mandarin sits on a mat, smoking a long opium pipe. Coloured aquatint by S. Himely, c. 1820.
  • Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • Two Chinese opium smokers, one reclines on a bed and the other sits. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • Two Malay men and a woman sit and recline on the floor smoking opium. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • Java: two opium smokers, one reclining, the other one sitting. Process print.