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Drug paraphernalia

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  • Two men at a fireside table taking snuff; remarks on snuff-taking below. Coloured etching, c. 1825.
  • Two Malay men and a woman sit and recline on the floor smoking opium. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • Two Chinese opium smokers in a booth watched by a woman who fans herself. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • Three Turkish soldiers gathered round a fire in the dark, smoking pipes. Lithograph by T. Allom, ca. 1839.
  • Two wealthy Chinese opium smokers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 19th century.
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Catalogue

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    A wealthy Mohammedan smoking a hooka as two attendants fan him. Engraving by J. Stephenson, 1835, after W. Daniell.

    Daniell, William, 1769-1837. | Date: 1 October 1835 | Reference: 25401i
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    An opium den in France with smokers lying in beds being attended by Chinese men. Colour halftone, c. 1983.

    | Date: 1907 | Reference: 25069i
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    Shops of hashish merchants on a street in Cairo. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, c. 1850, after himself.

    Preziosi, Amadeo, 1816-1882. | Date: 1850 | Reference: 25471i
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    Two African men sitting on the ground to smoke. Wood engraving by Dalziel.

    | Reference: 25673i
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    Men and two children sit smoking pipes in a Turkish coffee house. Lithograph by J. Nash after D. Wilkie, 1840.

    Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841. | Date: 1840 | Reference: 25644i
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