Hemp Harvest in Ballon, 1907
‘La recolte du chanvre dans la Sarthe’, The harvest of hemp in Sarthe, postcard from Ballon in Sarthe, France 1907
Tag: art
As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young, 1664
‘As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young’ by Jan Steen in 1664 The painting is used as a proverb by the artist portraying the message that ‘children copy adults’. Artist Jan Steen decided to use his actual family in Read More …
Ox Cart Smoke Thru, 1908
‘A poor cripple’s ox-cart’, stereograph by Stereo Travel Co. In Calcutta, India 1908
Early Reminiscences of the Hemp Giantesses, 1864
Early Reminiscences of the Hemp Giantesses “In driving through a part of Bohemia from Vienna to Dresden we had occasionally long stages, and in the twilight often saw, what at the time amazed and not a little startled me, Read More …
Gourd Waterpipe, 1880
‘Men outside a hut’ smoking a water pipe made from a gourd, taken by Antoin Sevruguin, Qajar, Iran 1880-1900 Tis the season, have you picked out that perfect gourd yet? The look when you don’t Read More …
White House Smoke In, 1983
‘Smoke-in on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House’, Washington, D.C. 1983
Boy Smoking Water Pipe, 1930
Boy smoking water pipe postcard, Tripoli, Libya 1930
Scene of the Desert Life, 1901
‘Scene of the Desert Life: Bedouin smoking a chibouk pipe resting beside his camel’, Postcard. Egypt 1901
Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Me
Daruma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, his arms are raised above his head and he is holding a fly whisk used during meditation. He is either yelling or laughing. Copper Kozuka by Toshiyuki 1800’s Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Read More …
Tikapur Artwork Smoke Sesh, 1950
Picasso like Figures, Bordered by Sacred Serpents, Adorn a Tharu Mud Wall in Tikapur These shy people, who ran at first sight of the photographer, invited him into their home after he let them look through his camera’s view finder. Read More …