Two men at a fireside table taking snuff; remarks on snuff-taking below. Coloured etching, c. 1825.

A street scene with a tall man offering snuff to a short, fat man. Coloured etching by W.P., 1827.

An old gentleman visitor offering snuff to an old woman at her fireside. Coloured lithograph by J. J. Chalon, c. 1821, after himself.

A French physician. Engraving by M. Darly, 1771.

Five young women taking snuff. Stipple print after L. Boilly, ca. 1825.

A Frenchman in a tobacconist's declares he will take snuff to defy the increasing tax on tobacco. Coloured lithograph after H. Demare, c. 1870.

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.

A young gentleman taking snuff. Mezzotint by H. Dawe, c. 1824, after M. W. Sharp.

A group of five heads; three men smoking tobacco and two women taking snuff. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech, c. 1823, after L. Boilly.

Two men wearing revolving top hats with several attachments for optical aids and tobacco etc. Coloured etching by R. Seymour, 1830.

Specification of Thomas Smith : medicinal snuff.

In the Honourable the House of Commons. Brief for the manufacturers of tobacco and snuff

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; border 19.7 x 14.7 cm

An old woman with a tankard in one hand taking a pinch of snuff. Coloured engraving, early 19th century.

An impartial account of the power and efficacy of that eminent and noble specific , the Royal Patent Medicinal snuff. Demonstrated By the Evidence of facts.

Three pictures: a Scot and an Indian lean on a barrel; an Asian smokes a long pipe; three characters take snuff. Wood-engravings.

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Snuff

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Images referencing Snuff

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Specification of Thomas Smith : medicinal snuff.

In the Honourable the House of Commons. Brief for the manufacturers of tobacco and snuff

An old woman with a tankard in one hand taking a pinch of snuff. Coloured engraving, early 19th century.

An impartial account of the power and efficacy of that eminent and noble specific , the Royal Patent Medicinal snuff. Demonstrated By the Evidence of facts.

Three pictures: a Scot and an Indian lean on a barrel; an Asian smokes a long pipe; three characters take snuff. Wood-engravings.

Snuff

Images from the collections

Images referencing Snuff

Works from the collections

Specification of Thomas Smith : medicinal snuff.

In the Honourable the House of Commons. Brief for the manufacturers of tobacco and snuff

An old woman with a tankard in one hand taking a pinch of snuff. Coloured engraving, early 19th century.

An impartial account of the power and efficacy of that eminent and noble specific , the Royal Patent Medicinal snuff. Demonstrated By the Evidence of facts.

Three pictures: a Scot and an Indian lean on a barrel; an Asian smokes a long pipe; three characters take snuff. Wood-engravings.

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