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Tobacco curing

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  • The manufacture of tobacco with leaves being sorted, dried, cured and pressed. Engraving, c. 1750.
  • A tobacco plantation in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and a white overseer. Engraving, 1683.
  • A tobacco plantation in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and a white overseer. Engraving, 1683.
  • A tobacco plantation with workers, a Mexican Indian (?) and two European masters. Coloured engraving, c. 1821.
  • The manufacture of tobacco with leaves being sorted, dried, cured and pressed. Engraving, c. 1750.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    A tobacco plantation in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and a white overseer. Engraving, 1683.

    | Date: [1683] | Reference: 24991i
    • Pictures

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

    | Date: 1750 | Reference: 24992i
    • Pictures
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    Tobacco plantation workers curing and preparing tobacco under a shelter. Engraving, mid-18th century.

    | Reference: 24995i
    • Pictures

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

    | Date: 12 April 1821 | Reference: 24996i
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