Smoker Collection

Winston Churchill Holding a Sub-Machine Gun
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) - pictured holding a Sub-Machine Gun. Date: circa 1940

An Alligator - all dressed up to meet you in Florida, USA. Date: 1935

Algeria - Woman smoking a nargile pipe
Algeria - woman smoking a nargile (Hookah Pipe)

My Favourite Model (Mrs David Wright) by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Empire Nut Brown
Advertisement for Adkins Empire Nut Brown tobacco featuring Bairnsfathers WWI creation, Old Bill

Madimba - Congo - Pipe-smoking lady
A rather powerful looking lady from the Congo, smoking a pipe and carrying a large wicker basket on her head. She is the wife of the Chief of the Mpongo Tribe of Kibweta, Madimba, Congo, Africa

Craven A advertisement - tennis
For your throats sake smoke Craven A. A female tennis player enjoys a smoke in between sets. Date: 1939

Doncella cigar advertisement, 1965
Advertisement for Doncella cigars featuring a man under a bunch of mistletoe smoking a cigar and attracting much interest from a bevy of beautiful brunettes. Date: 1965

Woman smoking by David Wright
Painting by David Wright showing a woman in profile smoking a cigarette. c.1955

Old farmer with dog in orchard
Farmer, Tom Herring with his old sheepdog in the orchard of his farm Walterstone, Herefordshire Date: circa 1975

Gold Flake cigarettes advertisement
Advertisement for Gold Flake cigarettes with a moody illustration showing a man in a trilby hat smoking against an inky blue midnight sky. Date: 1929

The Cigarette by Gordon Conway
Stunning illustration by Gordon Conway depicting an elegant woman in black wearing a close-fitting cloche hat and some impressive emerald, diamond and pearl jewels

Chinese Farmer with Palmleaf Raincoat carrying hoe and smoking a cheroot. Date: circa 1905

Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, Senegal
Moorish Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, Senegal Date: circa 1950s

Churchill taken ill, 1932
Winston Churchill (1874-1965), English politician, having a cheeky puff on his cigar whilst being stretchered from his London flat to a West End nursing home via ambulance

Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, March 1935
Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on Friday 29 March 1935 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30

Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, November 1929
Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on 15 November 1929 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30

Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, April 1934
Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on Friday 13 April 1934 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30

Italian Miner - Mineo, Sicily. It is likely he was employed to mine the local calcareous ashlars, used to build many of Mineos public buildings

Queen of the Gipsies
Margaret Finch, Queen of the Gipsies at Norwood, in south London with two pet dogs - one is smaller than a tankard!!

Tobacco Ban Threat
Beware, Mr Smoker, your turn is next ! - a prophetic satire from the Prohibition Era in America

Mature man wearing cloth cap lights his pipe in an Irish pub
A mature man wearing a cloth cap sits in a pub in Cork, Ireland, and lights his pipe. In front of him is a pint of Guinness. He has a large belly and behind him is a dart board Date: 1989

Temperance Movement - The Perils of too much beer and baccy... Date: circa 1900

Miss Rudi Verdi - Actress
Miss Rudi Verdi with cigarette in hand - British Actress (?-1918) Date: circa 1910s

Poland. People of Krakow History of Poland - Charles Foster
Poland. People of Krakow. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840

Advert for Player's cigarettes
A young, fashionable couple smoking on the beach, in this advert for Player's cigarettes. Date: 1939

A late middle-aged couple enjoying a picnic
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Jack Buchanan smoking
Jack Buchanan (1890 - 1957), Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director. Pictured smoking in a page from The Sketch that reported on the fact that in order to avoid hefty

Cicely Courtneidge as an Eton-cropped flapper
Actress Cicely Courtneidge made up as a typical eton-cropped, cigarette-smoking flapper in Cleansing the Stage sketch in the revue, " By the Way". Date: 1925

Advert for Swan and Edgar - Christmas present ideas 1928
A selection of weird looking gifts for smokers, all available from Swan and Edgar. Date: 1928

People smoking cigarettes
A lady offers cigarettes to her companions 1892

Albert, Duke of York - Point-to-Point at Great Brington
Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - having a cigarette whilst sharing a bit of local gossip with Old Smiler (a character present at most hunt meetings)

OPIUM SMOKING TOOLS
The equipment of a serious Chinese opium smoker Date: 1893

OPIUM SMOKERS, MALAYSIA
Three Malay smokers of opium Date: circa 1860

Smoking party in India
India; a smoking-party in Bengal Date: 1809

Woman smoking pipe
A lady smoker with a pipe and a cup of wine Date: 17th century

A street artist, with a long beard smoking a large pipe
A street artist, with a long beard and smoking a large pipe, paints outdoors in Palma, Mallorca, Spain. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and is surrounded by his colourful paintings Date: 2006

Smoker outside cafe, Mijas, Spain
A smoker sits in the evening sun outside a cafe in Mijas, Andalucia, Spain. He casts a shadow on the white wall and sits at a table with a bright red tablecloth Date: 2007

Farm worker in pub. Herefordshire
Farm worker Tommy Watkins poses by the fireplace mantlepiece of the Carpenters Arms pub, Walterstone, Herefordshire. The wall above the fireplace is covered in agricultural show prizes

Farm worker with scythe - 2
Farm worker Tommy Watkins cutting long grass with a scythe in Herefordshire, England. Tommy wears a cloth cap and smokes a pipe as he works. Head and shoulders portrait Date: circa 1975

Farm worker with scythe - 1
Farm worker Tommy Watkins cutting long grass with a scythe in Herefordshire, England. Tommy wears a cloth cap and smokes a pipe as he works. Full length portrait Date: circa 1975

Algerian Water Carrier. Date: circa 1907

Very Stylish Young Woman stitting backward on a chair in sleet black attire, smart hat, black leather gloves and smoking a cigarette Date: circa 1920s

Hand-drawn postcard of King Edward VII in profile
Hand-drawn postcard of King Edward VII of England (1841-1910) in profile. Date: circa 1908

Market Reports Illustrated - Tobacco"
Market Reports Illustrated - " Tobacco - There was a sudden downward tendency!" A school Master spies three naughty boys grabbing a crafty smoke outside the school wall

Seoul, South Korea - Shinshi Men smoking long-stemmed pipes. Date: circa 1920s

South Korea - A Shinshi smoking a long-stemmed pipe
South Korea - A venerable Korean man smoking a long-stemmed pipe and wearing a traditional style of top hat. Date: circa 1910s

Smoking Baby in a cigar box wearing a silk top hat. Not the best start in life health-wise... Quite bizarre. Date: 1904

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