M0011061: Early drawing of the process of smoking, 16th Century

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Early drawing of the process of smoking, 16th Century.

Reproduction of a woodcut depiction of smoking originally from Thevet' s Singularitez, c.1558, published in Singer, Charles: The early history of tobacco, London : John Murray, 1913. Related images: M0011069

1949

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.