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Snuff trays

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Images referencing Snuff trays

12 images from works
  • Two men at a fireside table taking snuff; remarks on snuff-taking below. Coloured etching, c. 1825.
  • A street scene with a tall man offering snuff to a short, fat man. Coloured etching by W.P., 1827.
  • An old gentleman visitor offering snuff to an old woman at her fireside. Coloured lithograph by J. J. Chalon, c. 1821, after himself.
  • Five young women taking snuff. Stipple print after L. Boilly, ca. 1825.
  • Tobacco: an Irishman, a Scot and an English sailor smoke, take snuff and chew respectively. Coloured aquatint by Hunt, c. 1833, after W. Summers after C. J. Grant.
  • A young gentleman taking snuff. Mezzotint by H. Dawe, c. 1824, after M. W. Sharp.
  • A group of five heads; three men smoking tobacco and two women taking snuff. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech, c. 1823, after L. Boilly.
  • Two men at a fireside table taking snuff; remarks on snuff-taking below. Coloured etching, c. 1825.
  • An old gentleman visitor offering snuff to an old woman at her fireside. Coloured lithograph by J. J. Chalon, c. 1821, after himself.
  • A group of five heads; three men smoking tobacco and two women taking snuff. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech, c. 1823, after L. Boilly.
  • A pretty girl and an old woman both taking snuff. Coloured stipple engraving after L. Boilly, ca. 1827.
  • Tobacco: an Irishman, a Scot and an English sailor smoke, take snuff and chew respectively. Coloured aquatint by Hunt, c. 1833, after W. Summers after C. J. Grant.

Works from the collections

9 works

    • Pictures

    Two pictures: a man sits by an empty barrel; a hooka and other smoking accessories. Wood-engravings.

    | Reference: 25019i
    • Pictures

    Five young women taking snuff. Stipple print after L. Boilly, ca. 1825.

    Louis-Léopold Boilly | Date: 1825 | Reference: 24985i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A pretty girl and an old woman both taking snuff. Coloured stipple engraving after L. Boilly, ca. 1827.

    Louis-Léopold Boilly | Date: August 1827 | Reference: 24987i
    • Pictures

    An old gentleman visitor offering snuff to an old woman at her fireside. Coloured lithograph by J. J. Chalon, c. 1821, after himself.

    John James Chalon | Date: 15 May 1821 | Reference: 24977i
    • Pictures

    Tobacco: an Irishman, a Scot and an English sailor smoke, take snuff and chew respectively. Coloured aquatint by Hunt, c. 1833, after W. Summers after C. J. Grant.

    Charles Jameson Grant | Date: 1 January 1833 | Reference: 24988i
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Related topics

Tobacco Smoking
Snuff
Smokeless tobacco

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