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 …

Pipe Shop, 19th century

‘Tobacco and Pipe Shop’ (Marchand de Tumbeki à des Narghilehs), photographed by Pascal Sebah.  Cairo, Egypt  1860-1880        

Fumerie de Kif, 20th century

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

The Returning Palanquin, 1870’s

‘Woman seated on the left is Era Kayo, who was a popular geiko in the Gion district of Kyoto during the 1870s, with geiko Chiyo standing on the right.’ They are dressed as kago-ya (palanquin bearers).   Japan 1870’s ‘This carte Read More …

System for Drinking, 1928

‘System for Drinking’ (Système de Boire) postcard.  Syria  1928  

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    

Drug Exhibit, 1971

‘Joe Johnson points out a specimen of manicured marijuana in a drug exhibit as Mrs. Elizabeth Harkey (wife of former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives B.E. “Bill” Harkey) examines the display at his direction.’ – taken from the Read More …

Old Man Farmer, 1870s

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

Water Pipe Yak, 1775

Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) made from a Yak’s Horn with decorative iron & brass mounts.    Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan (modern day Pakistan) made between 1775-1800