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Two men at a fireside table taking snuff; remarks on snuff-taking below. Coloured etching, c. 1825.

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.

A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.

A hypochondriac at home with his anxious nurse. Wood engraving.

A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving.

Five men sit smoking round a fireplace, another stands with his back to the fire. Mezzotint after A. van Ostade (?).

A drunken man sits at home with his family who must pawn their clothes to pay for his habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

A man sits filling his pipe by the fire, behind a man relieves himself against the wall. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid et filius after D. Teniers, the younger (?).

The interior of a dingy smoke den where groups of men smoke, drink and play cards. Engraving by F. del Pedro, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.

Two women tending a child in a messy domestic interior. Aquatint after C. Bega, 1654.

The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Specification of Louis Jean Jacques Pètre : smoke-consuming grate.

Specification of James Theodore Griffin : economising fuel and consuming smoke in furnaces.

Specification of William Clerk : stoves and fire-places for dwellings, &c.

Specification of Aubin Emile Coullard Descos : fire-places, &c.

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The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Specification of Louis Jean Jacques Pètre : smoke-consuming grate.

Specification of James Theodore Griffin : economising fuel and consuming smoke in furnaces.

Specification of William Clerk : stoves and fire-places for dwellings, &c.

Specification of Aubin Emile Coullard Descos : fire-places, &c.