Woman Eating Hemp, 18th Century
‘La Corderie: Femme Mangeant du Chanvre’ (The Ropeworks: Woman Eating Hemp), by Jean Baptiste Huët (1745-1811) oil on canvas Watercolor with pen and ink “O, she’s warm! If this be magic, let it Read More …
Category: Art
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
The Chibouk Smoker, 19th Century
‘Le Fumeur De Chibouk’ (The Chibouk Smoker) by Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, dated between 1820-1860
A Dervish Drinks, 1620
‘A Dervish Drinks’ from The Habits of the Grand Signor’s Court, Turkey 1620
Devil’s Harvest, 1942
‘Devil’s Harvest’, movie 1942 ‘A Vicious Racket With It’s sic Arms Around Your Children! A fifth column sowing destruction in the youth of America. The truth about MARIJUANA the smoke of Hell!’
A Group of Danish Artists in Rome, 1837
‘A group of Danish artists in Rome’ by Constantin Hansen 1837
Pigs are Spinning, 1673
‘Varkens die spinnen’ (Pigs are Spinning), woodblock protest print with the message “The Great Mortality among the Westphalian Wives / how that the Pigs should spin / to win a living for the men”. The print is a animal allegory Read More …
Fumador de Kif, 1876
‘Fumador de Kif’ (Kief Smoker) by Emilio Sala Frances 1876
Job Papier, 1894
‘Papier à cigarettes’ advertisement for Job rolling papers by Georges Meunier in 1894
A Reclining Turk, 1844
‘A Reclining Turk’ by Henri Charles Antoine Baron 1844