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Matches

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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.
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Catalogue

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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.

    | Date: 1880 | Reference: 24973i
    • Books

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

    Bryant and May, Ltd (London, England) | Date: 1926
    • Books

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

    Christy, Miller, 1861- | Date: 1926
    • Pictures
    • Online

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

    | Date: 1801 | Reference: 3410i
    • Books

    Strike a light : John Walker 1781-1859, who invented the friction match in 1826 / by Doreen Thomas.

    Thomas, Doreen. | Date: 1990
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