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

An old lady selling matches, with boat masts in the background. Soft-ground etching, 1801.

An army officer lectures his bored class on the effects of gas, one student is made to wear a gas mask while another wickedly tries to set light to it. Pen and ink drawing by H. Bury, 1916.

The Bryant and May museum of fire-making appliances : catalogue of the exhibits / compiled, with an introduction and notes, by Miller Christy.

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

The Bryant and May museum of fire-making appliances : catalogue of the exhibits / compiled, with an introduction and notes, by Miller Christy.

The Bryant and May museum of fire-making appliances : catalogue of the exhibits / compiled, with an introduction and notes, by Miller Christy.

An old lady selling matches, with boat masts in the background. Soft-ground etching, 1801.

An army officer lectures his bored class on the effects of gas, one student is made to wear a gas mask while another wickedly tries to set light to it. Pen and ink drawing by H. Bury, 1916.