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Cigars

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  • A man with an extra large head exhales smoke from an enormous cigar. Coloured lithograph, c. 1880, after T. Worth.
  • The figure of a man with extra large head made up from cigars, pipes, tobacco leaves, etc. Coloured lithograph by T. Worth?, c. 1880.
  • Comic sketch of a fat man being rowed in a boat with the name of cigar importer below. Woodcut, early 19th century.
  • How you can make money out of garlic, cigars, whisky pickled onions and curry.
  • How you can make money out of garlic, cigars, whisky pickled onions and curry.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Joseph Fletcher Green. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1890.

    Ward, Leslie, Sir, 1851-1922. | Date: Nov.r 22 1890 | Reference: 820968i
    Part of: Vanity fair (London, England : 1868)
    • Ephemera

    Smoking ephemera : advertising and packaging. Box 2.

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    • Online

    The figure of a man with extra large head made up from cigars, pipes, tobacco leaves, etc. Coloured lithograph by T. Worth?, c. 1880.

    | Date: 1880 | Reference: 24973i
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    People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.

    Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850. | Date: 1827 | Reference: 138i
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    A smoker with huge head exhales cigar smoke which forms the words "try one". Coloured lithograph, c. 1879, after T. Worth.

    Worth, Thomas, 1839- | Date: 1879 | Reference: 25447i
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