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The manufacture of tobacco with leaves being sorted, dried, cured and pressed. Engraving, c. 1750.

A man blowing out clouds of smoke from a long pipe, with a tobacco plant to his right. Halftone, c. 1890, after a woodcut, c. 1616.

Smoking tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Britannia holding a trident in one hand and tobacco leaves in the other. Engraving by Silvester, early 19th century.

A black man (Native American?) leans on a barrel while holding a pipe and tobacco leaves. Wood-engraving, mid-19th century.

A tobacco plantation with workers, a Mexican Indian (?) and two European masters. Coloured engraving, c. 1821.

Tobacco plants (Nicotiana rustica and N. paniculata): flowering and fruiting stem of both species with their respective floral segments.Engraving by J.Caldwall, c.1805, after P.Henderson.

A Scotsman and a Native American man smoking pipes by barrels of tobacco. Coloured engraving.

Three pictures: two of Indian children with tobacco leaves and pipes by barrels of tobacco; one of a Scot with two barrels. Wood-engravings.

Three pictures: two men smoking flank a tobacco label and plant; man smoking while leaning on a barrel; a labelled barrel of tobacco. Wood-engravings.

Three pictures: Indian and Scot with barrel and tobacco plant; tobacco label with crown and buckle; Indian smoking pipe by a barrel. Wood-engravings.

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A Scotsman and a Native American man smoking pipes by barrels of tobacco. Coloured engraving.

Three pictures: two of Indian children with tobacco leaves and pipes by barrels of tobacco; one of a Scot with two barrels. Wood-engravings.

Three pictures: two men smoking flank a tobacco label and plant; man smoking while leaning on a barrel; a labelled barrel of tobacco. Wood-engravings.

Three pictures: Indian and Scot with barrel and tobacco plant; tobacco label with crown and buckle; Indian smoking pipe by a barrel. Wood-engravings.

Tobacco plants (Nicotiana rustica and N. paniculata): flowering and fruiting stem of both species with their respective floral segments.Engraving by J.Caldwall, c.1805, after P.Henderson.