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Health, Wealth and All Prosperity. The scene of a fun evening - pipes, cigarettes and cigars have been smoked, cards have been played and ale and whiskey have been drunk! Date: circa 1909
Advert for Mappin & Webb vanity items 1934Mappin & Webb advertising a variety of items. 1934
Myanmar - Burmese Fortunetellers. Date: circa 1909
Myanmar - A Street Restaurant Date: circa 1910
Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104. 5Smokers Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104.5. Date: circa 1880s
Myanmar - Sisters - Ngme Sein Ngwe Yi - BIG cigarMyanmar - Sisters Ngme Sein Ngwe Yi - one of whom is smoking a big cheroot cigar! Date: circa 1907
Burmese Beauty - Studio portrait with parasol and cigarBurmese Beauty - Studio portrait holding a paper parasol and cheroot cigar. Date: circa 1903
The Bully of the Neighbourhood by John George Brown (1831-19John George Brown (1831-1913). American artist. The Bully of the Neighbourhood. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Madrid. Spain
The snuff industry. Woman rolling cigars. France. Engraving, 1885. Colored
Music cover, Wheres Fido, One Step by Norman Kennedy. 1919
Caricature of Thomas Foster, The Times journalistCaricature of Thomas (Tommy) Foster, The Times newspaper journalist. 1880
Cartoon, George Parkes, Elephant and Castle TheatreCartoon, George Parkes, the new manager of the Elephant and Castle Theatre, London. Two other local theatre managers, William Holland and Edwin Villiers say " Mind how you go, Baron". 1880
Caricature of Willing and MyersCaricature, Messrs Willing and Myers -- they are both " on the job". Possibly a reference to James Washington Myers (1823-1892) and his circus tours. 1880
Caricature of Harry Hart, music hall ownerCaricature of Harry Hart, nicknamed the " Happy Hebrew", music hall owner. 1882
Caricature of Prince George, Duke of CambridgeCaricature of Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), military head of the British Army, seen here on a wooden horse with a soldier getting a picnic ready for him. 1881
Caricature of the theatre manager William Holland -- The Invasion of Holland. One manager goes out, another one comes in. 1881
Caricature of Paul John Merrit, playwright -- Great Paul! 1882
Caricature, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Charles H RossCaricature, Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915), popular English novelist, and Charles Henry Ross (1835-1897), English journalist, artist and novelist -- Fair Boiling-Down Fiction Trade
Caricature of G A Sala, English journalistCaricature of George Augustus Henry Sala (1828-1895), English journalist -- What it may come to. A grocer asks him if he might supply something quotable about his brand of tea
Caricature of Sir John Astley, English soldier and sportsmanCaricature of Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Baronet (1828-1894), English soldier and sportsman, and former Conservative MP. 1881
Caricature of the actor John RyderCaricature of the English actor John Ryder -- Not Too Rough a Ryder. circa 1870s
Caricature of the actor Harry JacksonCaricature of the Victorian actor Harry Jackson -- Oh, Jerusalem! late 19th century
Caricature of the actor Edwin BoothCaricature of the American actor Edwin Booth, founder of Booths Theatre in New York -- The Cardinal at Home. circa 1880s
Two women police officers giving directions, LondonTwo women police officers giving directions to a man, with the aid of a map, London. Date: circa 1960s
Frogs with pipes on a cutout New Year cardFrogs with pipes, a cigar, a cigarette, an ashtray and a box of matches on a cutout New Year card. circa 1890s
Frog gentleman on a New Year cardFrog dressed as a Victorian gentleman on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
People on the ice on a comic Christmas cardTwo men on the ice on a comic Christmas card by Ernest Griset, with the thin man falling through and the plump man being saved by his dog. Date: circa 1890s
GREY SUITEarl Waldegrave in pale grey informal suit with single- breasted jacket worn with a wing collar & tie & a straw boater hat. Date: 1912
Male Type / Middle ClassA typical English middle-class chap: JC Inglis, engineer(?). Date: 1908
Costume / Richard WallaceArt Connoisseur Richard Wallace wears a top hat, lounging jacket, pale grey trousers which appear to be strapped under the instep, a pale waistcoat & necktie. Date: 1873
Montagu WilliamsMONTAGU STEPHEN WILLIAMS Soldier and barrister Date: 1835 - 1892
Wellington / 4th Duke / VfArthur Charles Wellesley 4th Duke of Wellington Date: 1849 - 1934
Mayne Reid / Vfair 1873MAYNE REID Irish writer Date: 1818 - 1883
Pellegrini / Ape / Vfair 89CARLO PELLEGRINI known as APE Italian caricaturist Date: 1839 - 1889
Chauncey Olcott / CigarCHAUNCEY OLCOTT (Chancellor John Olcott) American singer and songwriter Date: 1858 - 1932
Eugene CorriEUGENE CORRI Date: 1912
Austen Chamberlain / 1899SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN British Conservative MP Date: 1863 - 1937
Joseph CarrJOSEPH WILLIAM COMYNS CARR Writer and critic Date: 1849 - 1916
Cigar LightersTwo lighters, including the Chronometer Automatic lighter, which will ignite in all conditions of wind and weather. circa 1909
Vice-Admiral Gleichen / VfVICE-ADMIRAL HSH GLEICHEN Naval officer and sculptor Date: -
Edmund Hodgson YatesEDMUND HODGSON YATES Writer and journalist Date: 1831 - 1894
Not TeatotallerRAILWAY STATION BUFFET: Gentleman offended by suggestion he might drink tea... Date: 1875
Gent Offended by TeaAt a railway station buffet, a gentleman is offended by the suggestion that he might drink tea... Date: 1875
Drugs / Tobacco / SmokingBetween two fires - one a cigar-smoker, the other with a cigarette in a holder Date: 1898
Cigar makers demonstraion in HavanaIn Havana, Cuba, the cigar- makers demonstrate in protest against the mechanisation of their trade Date: 1928
Christmas card with two hands and a cigar. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card with cigar and box of matchesChristmas card with a cigar in a holder and a box of matches. Date: circa 1890s
Good Luck card in the shape of a cigar. Date: circa 1890s