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Opium abuse

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Images about Opium abuse

21 images from works
  • 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.
  • Two wealthy Chinese opium smokers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 19th century.
  • A man selling opium; nearby a woman breast feeds her baby. Engraving by F. W. Topham, c. 1840, after W. Muller.
  • An opium den in San Francisco, early 20th century, with two Chinese men smoking. Process print after a photograph.
  • Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Tinted lithograph, c. 1866, after T. Allom.
  • An opium den in London's East End with smokers lying on wooden bunks and slouching by the fire. Wood-engraving by W. B. Murray, c. 1880.
  • Two poor Chinese opium smokers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 19th century.
  • Two Chinese men stand by a shop window while opium smokers sit on the terrace above. Pencil drawing with sepia wash by W. J. Bellairs, 19th century.
  • An opium den in London's East End with a reclining smoker being watched by a group of men. Wood engraving by A. Doms, 1872, after G. Doré.
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Works from the collections

38 works

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    The opium habit : with suggestions as to the remedy / [compiled by Horace B. Day].

    Day, Horace B., 1819-1870. | Date: 1868
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    A mother who believes that an "Infants preservative" (medicine for infants) will preserve her child from danger in a collapsing house. Coloured lithograph, 183-.

    | Date: [between 1830 and 1839?] | Reference: 563690i
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    The social life of opium in China / Zheng Yangwen.

    Zheng, Yangwen. | Date: 2005
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    Opium eating : an autobiographical sketch / by an habituate.

    | Date: 1876
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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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Related topics

Opium
Smoking paraphernalia
Drug paraphernalia
Smoking
Chinese
China
Hotels
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Taverns (Inns)
Drugs - Physiological effect

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