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  • The valley Atrio di Cavallo between Vesuvius and Somma, showing smoke emerging from Vesuvius before eruption. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Four men sit round a tax collector and blow smoke in his face. Coloured aquatint,by J.C. Ziegler, 1799, after R. Newton.
  • A bull fight with mounted riders and a grotesque machine on wheels emitting smoke in the background. Red chalk drawing after Antonio Tempesta.
  • The island of Stromboli, smoke erupting from its peak. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after a drawing made by him in 1768.
  • A young woman sits drinking in an arbor as a man prepares to smoke at the table beside her. Etching by C. Dusart, 1694.
  • Men sitting to smoke with a panoramic view of the coast by Ashkelon, Israel. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1843, after D. Roberts.
  • Men sitting to smoke with a panoramic view of the coast by Ashkelon, Israel. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1843, after D. Roberts.
  • Men sitting to smoke with a panoramic view of the coast by Ashkelon, Israel. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1843, after D. Roberts.
  • An eruption of Vesuvius at night, 1829, showing the inside of the crater with smoke, fire and lava, and spectators looking on. Coloured aquatint.
  • God appearing as a column of smoke in the middle of the Israelites camp. Colour lithograph by L. Gruner after N. Consoni after Raphael.
  • Mount Vesuvius at night, showing an eruption of smoke fire and lava at its base, with boats on the Bay of Naples in the foreground.
  • Carbolic smoke ball, a new American remedy that will positively cure colds, used by innumerable ladies of note, ca. 1892. Wellcome Library no. EPH 299
  • A man blowing out clouds of smoke from a long pipe, with a tobacco plant to his right. Halftone, c. 1890, after a woodcut, c. 1616.
  • Cairo: a coffee-house with men sitting on wooden benches to smoke and drink. Colour lithograph by G.W. Seitz, ca. 1878, after Carl Werner, 1871.
  • A man sits outside a window to smoke and drink, his servant waits behind him. Stipple engraving by Sailliar, mid-18th century, after G. Dou.
  • A man sits at a barrel-table to light his pipe, others in the room smoke and drink. Engraving by T. Major, 1746, after D. Teniers.
  • A man sits on a low box with smoking pipe and tankard in hand; others in the room smoke and drink. Engraving by T. Major, 1745, after D. Teniers.
  • Smoking in the Soviet Union: the smoke of a cigarette contains a rocket blasting off from its launchpad; advertising non-smoking by cosmonauts. Colour lithograph after A.V. Koroteev and A.G. Rudkovich, 1988.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Six men play cards and smoke outside a country inn with a castle in the distance. Etching by B. Chiboust, mid-17th century, after D. Teniers (?).
  • 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.
  • 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 and smoke by the fire. Engraving by J. Michel, c. 1778, after J. Boydell after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • An old sailor with wooden leg relates his adventures to a family as both men smoke and drink. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after J. Sheringham.
  • A priest with a protective cage (?) covering his head, holding a stick with smoke coming out of a pot attached at the top. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • Three Dutch men drink and smoke round a barrel-table, behind man exits the room. Engraving by P. C. Canot, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A woman surrounded by bubbles is sitting in front of a table with temporal riches, while smoke rises out of a cup; representing vanity. Engraving by W.I. Swanenburgh after A. Bloemaert.