Device for firing solid fuels in residential buildings

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

Five men gather round a table to play cards, drink and smoke in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after D. Teniers, the younger.

A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.

A hypochondriac at home with his anxious nurse. Wood engraving.

A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving.

Five men sit smoking round a fireplace, another stands with his back to the fire. Mezzotint after A. van Ostade (?).

A drunken man sits at home with his family who must pawn their clothes to pay for his habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

A man sits filling his pipe by the fire, behind a man relieves himself against the wall. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid et filius after D. Teniers, the younger (?).

The interior of a dingy smoke den where groups of men smoke, drink and play cards. Engraving by F. del Pedro, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.

A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.

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

The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Specification of Louis Jean Jacques Pètre : smoke-consuming grate.

Specification of James Theodore Griffin : economising fuel and consuming smoke in furnaces.

Specification of William Clerk : stoves and fire-places for dwellings, &c.

Specification of Aubin Emile Coullard Descos : fire-places, &c.

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Fireplaces

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The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Specification of Louis Jean Jacques Pètre : smoke-consuming grate.

Specification of James Theodore Griffin : economising fuel and consuming smoke in furnaces.

Specification of William Clerk : stoves and fire-places for dwellings, &c.

Specification of Aubin Emile Coullard Descos : fire-places, &c.

Fireplaces

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Images referencing Fireplaces

Works from the collections

The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Specification of Louis Jean Jacques Pètre : smoke-consuming grate.

Specification of James Theodore Griffin : economising fuel and consuming smoke in furnaces.

Specification of William Clerk : stoves and fire-places for dwellings, &c.

Specification of Aubin Emile Coullard Descos : fire-places, &c.

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