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Fireplaces

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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.
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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.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Reference: 26831i
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    Specification of Louis Jean Jacques Pètre : smoke-consuming grate.

    Pètre, Louis Jean Jacques. | Date: 1861
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    Specification of James Theodore Griffin : economising fuel and consuming smoke in furnaces.

    Griffin, James Theodore. | Date: 1873
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    Specification of William Clerk : stoves and fire-places for dwellings, &c.

    Clerk, William. | Date: 1854
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    Specification of Aubin Emile Coullard Descos : fire-places, &c.

    Descos, Aubin Emile Coullard. | Date: 1856
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