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An Arab sheikh smoking a hooka attended by his pipe-bearer. Coloured lithograph by Saint Germain, c. 1850, after E. Prisse.

Two Arab men standing outdoors to converse and smoke. Coloured lithograph by C. Bour, c. 1870, after E. Prisse.

Two Egyptian peasants, the man smokes a pipe and the woman has a basket on her head. Coloured lithograph by A. Mouilleron, c. 1870, after E. Prisse.

A Turkish soldier and merchant standing outdoors to smoke. Coloured lithograph by C. Bour, c. 1870, after E. Prisse.

The doorway to the Turkish bath, El-Télet, Cairo (?). Lithograph by L.A. Asselineau after A.C.T.E. Prisse d'Avennes.

A woman in Cairo holding a child, accompanied by an Abyssinian slave woman standing next to the cradle. Coloured lithograph by A. Mouilleron after Prisse d'Avennes, 1848.

Two Turkish soldiers, one smoking a pipe. Coloured lithograph by A. Mouilleron, c. 1870, after E. Prisse.

A Muslim lady reclining in her harem by a smoking hooka. Coloured lithograph by P. Bureau, c. 1870, after E. Prisse.

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Two Turkish soldiers, one smoking a pipe. Coloured lithograph by A. Mouilleron, c. 1870, after E. Prisse.

A Turkish soldier and merchant standing outdoors to smoke. Coloured lithograph by C. Bour, c. 1870, after E. Prisse.

A Muslim lady reclining in her harem by a smoking hooka. Coloured lithograph by P. Bureau, c. 1870, after E. Prisse.

An Arab sheikh smoking a hooka attended by his pipe-bearer. Coloured lithograph by Saint Germain, c. 1850, after E. Prisse.

An Arab sheikh smoking a hooka attended by his pipe-bearer. Coloured lithograph by Saint Germain, c. 1850, after E. Prisse.