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The manufacture of tobacco with leaves being sorted, dried, cured and pressed. Engraving, c. 1750.

A man blowing out clouds of smoke from a long pipe, with a tobacco plant to his right. Halftone, c. 1890, after a woodcut, c. 1616.

Smoking tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Britannia holding a trident in one hand and tobacco leaves in the other. Engraving by Silvester, early 19th century.

A black man (Native American?) leans on a barrel while holding a pipe and tobacco leaves. Wood-engraving, mid-19th century.

A tobacco plantation with workers, a Mexican Indian (?) and two European masters. Coloured engraving, c. 1821.

Tobacco plants (Nicotiana rustica and N. paniculata): flowering and fruiting stem of both species with their respective floral segments.Engraving by J.Caldwall, c.1805, after P.Henderson.

A Scotsman and a Native American man smoking pipes by barrels of tobacco. Coloured engraving.

Three pictures: two of Indian children with tobacco leaves and pipes by barrels of tobacco; one of a Scot with two barrels. Wood-engravings.

Three pictures: two men smoking flank a tobacco label and plant; man smoking while leaning on a barrel; a labelled barrel of tobacco. Wood-engravings.

Three pictures: Indian and Scot with barrel and tobacco plant; tobacco label with crown and buckle; Indian smoking pipe by a barrel. Wood-engravings.

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Smokable plants

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Images about Smokable plants

Works from the collections

A Scotsman and a Native American man smoking pipes by barrels of tobacco. Coloured engraving.

Three pictures: two of Indian children with tobacco leaves and pipes by barrels of tobacco; one of a Scot with two barrels. Wood-engravings.

Three pictures: two men smoking flank a tobacco label and plant; man smoking while leaning on a barrel; a labelled barrel of tobacco. Wood-engravings.

Three pictures: Indian and Scot with barrel and tobacco plant; tobacco label with crown and buckle; Indian smoking pipe by a barrel. Wood-engravings.

Tobacco plants (Nicotiana rustica and N. paniculata): flowering and fruiting stem of both species with their respective floral segments.Engraving by J.Caldwall, c.1805, after P.Henderson.

Smokable plants

Images from the collections

Images about Smokable plants

Works from the collections

A Scotsman and a Native American man smoking pipes by barrels of tobacco. Coloured engraving.

Three pictures: two of Indian children with tobacco leaves and pipes by barrels of tobacco; one of a Scot with two barrels. Wood-engravings.

Three pictures: two men smoking flank a tobacco label and plant; man smoking while leaning on a barrel; a labelled barrel of tobacco. Wood-engravings.

Three pictures: Indian and Scot with barrel and tobacco plant; tobacco label with crown and buckle; Indian smoking pipe by a barrel. Wood-engravings.

Tobacco plants (Nicotiana rustica and N. paniculata): flowering and fruiting stem of both species with their respective floral segments.Engraving by J.Caldwall, c.1805, after P.Henderson.

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