The Comical Dreams of Pantagruel, 1973

‘Smoke billows from a pipe-smoking dream character as he walks on a ferocious crocodile which is a symbol of the earth’, one of 23 Untitled drawings from ‘Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel’ (The comical Dreams of Pantagruel) by Salvador Dali  Read More …

Fumerie de Kif, 20th century

‘Fumerie de Kif’ (Smoking Kief/hash) by Gustave Flasschoen (1868–1940)        

Hemp Trading Card, 1900

Hemp trading card made by the French chocolate company ‘Chocolat Poulain’ from their series entitled Useful Plants (Les plantes utiles),  France 1900     Industrial Useful Plants Hemp Plant of the family Ulmaceae, which is believed to be native to Read More …

The Charming Smoke Room, 1690

‘La Charmante Tabagie’ (The Charming Smoke Room), engraving by Nicolas Armoult from ‘Recueil de modes : Tome 3 : quatre-vingt-dix-huit planches’   1690    

Teach the Children, 1926

cover Ivan Novikov – Konopel-Konopelka ‘Hemp – Cannabis’ (New Children’s Library, poems for children) 1926 Teach the Children Not too long after the end of World War 1, Russian Ivan Novikov released his new children’s book of poems. The Russian Read More …

Old Man Farmer, 1870s

‘Old man, farmer’, hand tinted photograph by Felice Beato in Korea between 1871-1877      

Woman Eating Hemp, 18th Century

‘La Corderie: Femme Mangeant du Chanvre’ (The Ropeworks: Woman Eating Hemp),  by Jean Baptiste Huët (1745-1811)     oil on canvas     Watercolor with pen and ink       “O, she’s warm! If this be magic, let it Read More …

The Chibouk Smoker, 19th Century

‘Le Fumeur De Chibouk’ (The Chibouk Smoker) by Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, dated between 1820-1860