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A man with an extra large head exhales smoke from an enormous cigar. Coloured lithograph, c. 1880, after T. Worth.

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.

A man sits smoking by a fireplace with a jug on the floor beside him. Engraving, c. 1825.

Englishmen smoking in a city street, thereby causing a nuisance to women. Etching.

Sir Walter Raleigh smoking a pipe and being doused by a servant who thinks he's on fire. Wood-engraving, mid-19th century.

An Indian man smoking a nariel, or cocoa nut hooka. Coloured stipple and line etching, c. 1804, after F. Solvyns.

Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

Five men in a smoke den smoke and drink as, in the background, others play cards. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 1840, after D. Teniers.

Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.

Five men sit indoors smoking and drinking, others play cards. Engraving, mid-19th century, by W. French after D. Teniers.

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Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

A man sits smoking by a fireplace with a jug on the floor beside him. Engraving, c. 1825.

Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.

Sir Walter Raleigh smoking a pipe and being doused by a servant who thinks he's on fire. Wood-engraving, mid-19th century.

Five men sit indoors smoking and drinking, others play cards. Engraving, mid-19th century, by W. French after D. Teniers.