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.

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[1890]
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24614i
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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. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[1890]

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1 print : halftone after a woodcut ; image and text 13.7 x 8.3 cm

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One of the earliest illustrations of smoking extant from an old German woodcut Völler von Gellhausen A.D. 1616. tabart. Frankfurt am Mayn. Image bears number: 49

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Wellcome Collection 24614i

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