Kirk, late Procter, cigar and snuff warehouse : 101, Fleet Street, London / [William Kirk].

  • Kirk, W. (William)
Date:
[1851]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Kirk, late Procter, cigar and snuff warehouse : 101, Fleet Street, London / [William Kirk]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE yp AMD ITS ADJUNCTS. * ^ A VH i: A I', H ''i: i i 4 . | H11 —-+-- , ‘ , ■hr ]i ! We unquestionably live in an age of Exhibitions. Every class of society has its own kind;—from the butcher boy who gazes gratis on the “ Happy Family ” hard by the Royal Academy (a precious Exhibition of itself, by the way), up to the aristocratic connoisseur of Art, who, on the strength of his season ticket, daily lounges away his hour or two among the wonders of the Crystal Palace—all ranks of the Public have their own attraction—their peculiar Exhibition. Now it will hardly be denied, that among the various classes of social existence the Smoking class holds a very prominent position, not only in point of numbers, but also of importance. The votaries of the Fragrant Weed not only employ in their service a numerous fleet of ships, but the storehouse which the paternal care of the British Government has provided for their especial use in the port of London is a building covering six acres of