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  • William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
  • H.M.S. Dreadnought, a hospital ship, being towed from Greenwich to Chatham by tugs. Wood engraving by J. Greenaway, with letterpress and view of St Paul's Cathedral in title area, 1872.
  • Five men gather round a table to play cards, drink and smoke in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • Five men sit smoking round a fireplace, another stands with his back to the fire. Mezzotint after A. van Ostade (?).
  • Jules Grévy takes the pulse of Marshal Macmahon, who lies sick in bed with a priest and another man; they are choking from the fumes of their burning bed; Léon Gambetta emerges from behind the scenes carrying a clyster. Coloured wood engraving, 1879.
  • 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 healthy horse, representing the healthy effects of free trade. Coloured lithograph by J. West Giles after Sir E. Landseer.
  • Smoke : a study of town air / by Julius B. Cohen and Arthur G. Ruston.
  • 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.
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • The soul being refined like metal in a crucible by an angel, Satan, Venus and Death; representing a test of faith. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.
  • Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.
  • A drunken party with sailors and their women drinking, smoking, and dancing wildly as a band plays. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank.
  • An alchemist reading in a smoky study. Etching by A. Bouquet after L-G-E. Isabey.
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • A man lying dead, from the plague, church and flames in background. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • The soul being refined like metal in a crucible by an angel, Satan, Venus and Death; representing a test of faith. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • An opium den in London's East End with men lying on wooden bunks as a smoker enters. Wood-engraving, c. 1880, after J. C. Dollman.
  • An alchemist reading in a smoky study. Etching by A. Bouquet after L-G-E. Isabey.
  • Chemistry: a multi-tiered furnace for distillation. Woodcut after M. Augusti.
  • Smoke from a fire in a desolate town indicates the beginnings of plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with crowds round a burning building carved on the side. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.