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  • Opium pipe.
  • Opium pipe
  • A Chinese man sits smoking an opium pipe. Wood engraving after E. Ronjat.
  • A Mandarin sits on a mat, smoking a long opium pipe. Coloured aquatint by S. Himely, c. 1820.
  • A man selling opium; nearby a woman breast feeds her baby. Engraving by F. W. Topham, c. 1840, after W. Muller.
  • 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.
  • The funeral of a Chinese merchant's wife in Hong Kong. Wood engraving after G.W. Cooke (?), 1859.
  • China: a Manchu lady with her maid standing beside a bronze burner, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: a Manchu lady with her maid standing beside a bronze burner, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: a Manchu lady with her maid standing beside a bronze burner, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: a Manchu lady with her maid standing beside a bronze burner, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.