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Smoking - History

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  • A woman smoking a pipe and holding a drinking glass. Etching.
  • Men smoking, drinking and singing in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after E. van Heemskerk.
  • Five men sit smoking round a fireplace, another stands with his back to the fire. Mezzotint after A. van Ostade (?).
  • 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 sits at a table with a drink and discarded pipe. Etching by D. Deuchar after A. van Ostade (?).

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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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    Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Date: 1 November 1813 | Reference: 24833i
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    A man sits at a table lighting his pipe. Etching by D. Deuchar (?) after A. van Ostade (?).

    Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685. | Reference: 24714i
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    A man sits smoking by a fireplace with a jug on the floor beside him. Engraving, c. 1825.

    | Date: 1 September 1825 | Reference: 24845i
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    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.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 24726i
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