Tobacco Box Collection

advertising poster for tobacco products, c.1900s (litho)
FIA5371444 advertising poster for tobacco products, c.1900s (litho) by Russian School (20th century) ; State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: Two neatly dressed men walk together)

Horse Super Cigarettes 1935 (color printing)
398390 Horse Super Cigarettes 1935 (color printing) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); JMK Archiv, Bremen, Germany; JMK Archiv

P G Wodehouse, smoking cigar, portrait (b / w photo)
5998065 P G Wodehouse, smoking cigar, portrait (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: P G Wodehouse, smoking cigar, portrait.); © Look and Learn

Winston Churchill with machine gun, cigar and hat, WW2 propaganda image (b / w photo)
3093149 Winston Churchill with machine gun, cigar and hat, WW2 propaganda image (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Mr Edmund Hodgson Yates, The World, 16 November 1878, Vanity Fair cartoon (colour litho)
611597 Mr Edmund Hodgson Yates, The World, 16 November 1878, Vanity Fair cartoon (colour litho) by Ward, Leslie Matthew (Spy) (1851-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Edmund Hodgson Yates)

Tabakschnupfer / Tobacco Snuff (colour litho)
8666163 Tabakschnupfer / Tobacco Snuff (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tabakschnupfer. Schone Tabakdosen sind in Museen aufbewahrt)

Lawson Wood, English painter, illustrator and designer (b/w photo)
8626949 Lawson Wood, English painter, illustrator and designer (b/w photo) by Mills, Ernest H. (1874-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lawson Wood (1878-1957), English painter

A Sitting Nubian, Rome, 1839 (oil on canvas)
8711992 A Sitting Nubian, Rome, 1839 (oil on canvas) by Rorbye, Martinus (1803-48); Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Niva, Denmark; (add.info.: By Martinus Rorbye).

WW1: Bullet contempt (illustration)
8684962 WW1: Bullet contempt (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); (add.info.: Events of the war 1914-1918 illustration Job The contempt for bullets Facts of)

Picture series musical instruments, bagpipes from Scotland, Liebig picture
7277916 Picture series musical instruments, bagpipes from Scotland, Liebig picture; Private Collection; (add.info.: Picture series musical instruments, bagpipes from Scotland, Liebig picture)

A Bulgarian soldier smoking a Hookah in the 19th century, from El Mundo en la Mano pub. 1875
5242567 A Bulgarian soldier smoking a Hookah in the 19th century, from El Mundo en la Mano pub. 1875.

Wild tobacco plant with green flowers and leaves, Nicotiana rustica
5856596 Wild tobacco plant with green flowers and leaves, Nicotiana rustica; (add.info.: Wild tobacco plant with green flowers and leaves, Nicotiana rustica)

Nix ubern Maibock, man in costume with pipe and beer glass (postcard)
7377791 Nix ubern Maibock, man in costume with pipe and beer glass (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved.

French chromolithograph showing a German student smoking a Pipe. Circa 1895
UIG5636612 French chromolithograph showing a German student smoking a Pipe. Circa 1895; (add.info.: French chromolithograph showing a German student smoking a Pipe. Circa 1895).

French chromolithograph showing a Dutchman smoking a Pipe. Circa 1895
UIG5636589 French chromolithograph showing a Dutchman smoking a Pipe. Circa 1895; (add.info.: French chromolithograph showing a Dutchman smoking a Pipe. Circa 1895).

Aztec tobacco or mapacho, Nicotiana rustica. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller
FLO4990766 Aztec tobacco or mapacho, Nicotiana rustica. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst

Princess and attendant in trompe l'oeil window, c.1765 (opaque w/c and gold on paper)
XOS5874007 Princess and attendant in trompe l'oeil window, c.1765 (opaque w/c and gold on paper) by Khan, Aqil (active mid-1700s); 12.5x7.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

How to Enjoy a Pipe in Comfort Without Filling the Car with Smoke (litho)
8632493 How to Enjoy a Pipe in Comfort Without Filling the Car with Smoke (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944) ; Private Collection; (add.info)

Pipe, Play, Play, Plow, Plum, Pole, Pond, Post, Pray, Prop, Puff, Pull (engraving)
8650004 Pipe, Play, Play, Plow, Plum, Pole, Pond, Post, Pray, Prop, Puff, Pull (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pipe, Play, Play, Plow, Plum)

Only the English Know How to Travel (litho)
8635321 Only the English Know How to Travel (litho) by Willette, Adolphe Leon (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Only the English Know How to Travel)

Votaries of the Weed No 4 (colour litho)
8660494 Votaries of the Weed No 4 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 4)

Votaries of the Weed No 45 (colour litho)
8660536 Votaries of the Weed No 45 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 45)

Votaries of the Weed No 43 (colour litho)
8660532 Votaries of the Weed No 43 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 43)

Votaries of the Weed No 42 (colour litho)
8660529 Votaries of the Weed No 42 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 42)

Votaries of the Weed No 39 (colour litho)
8660527 Votaries of the Weed No 39 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 39)

Votaries of the Weed No 38 (colour litho)
8660526 Votaries of the Weed No 38 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 38)

Votaries of the Weed No 35 (colour litho)
8660525 Votaries of the Weed No 35 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 35. Then there is the enthusiast)

Votaries of the Weed No 29 (colour litho)
8660518 Votaries of the Weed No 29 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 29)

Votaries of the Weed No 30 (colour litho)
8660517 Votaries of the Weed No 30 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 30)

Votaries of the Weed No 28 (colour litho)
8660516 Votaries of the Weed No 28 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 28)

Votaries of the Weed No 23 (colour litho)
8660512 Votaries of the Weed No 23 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 23)

Votaries of the Weed No 19 (colour litho)
8660510 Votaries of the Weed No 19 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 19)

Votaries of the Weed No 22 (colour litho)
8660509 Votaries of the Weed No 22 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 22)

Votaries of the Weed No 15 (colour litho)
8660504 Votaries of the Weed No 15 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 15)

Votaries of the Weed No 12 (colour litho)
8660502 Votaries of the Weed No 12 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 12)

Votaries of the Weed No 13 (colour litho)
8660501 Votaries of the Weed No 13 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 13)

Votaries of the Weed No 10 (colour litho)
8660498 Votaries of the Weed No 10 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 10)

Emperor of India (b/w photo)
8655923 Emperor of India (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Emperor of India. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Late Elizabethan man smoking a clay pipe (engraving)
8634939 Late Elizabethan man smoking a clay pipe (engraving) by English School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Late Elizabethan man smoking a clay pipe)

May your life be one continuous smile (colour litho)
8656574 May your life be one continuous smile (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: May your life be one continuous smile. Postcard, early 20th century)

Mayan priest smoking tobacco (litho)
8663550 Mayan priest smoking tobacco (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mayan priest smoking tobacco as part of areligious ceremony)

Whirling dervishes (b/w photo)
8672798 Whirling dervishes (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Whirling dervishes)

Young woman with cigarette for "Cheri" by Colette, 1927 (Engraved wood)
8683011 Young woman with cigarette for "Cheri" by Colette, 1927 (Engraved wood) by Jeanniot, Pierre Georges (1848-1934); Private Collection; (add.info)

Advertising card for Watson & McGill's Crusader tobacco, Petersburg, Virginia (chromolitho)
8677797 Advertising card for Watson & McGill's Crusader tobacco, Petersburg, Virginia (chromolitho) by American School

Our Special cigar box label (chromolitho)
8677616 Our Special cigar box label (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Our Special cigar box label.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection.

Las Vegas cigar box label (chromolitho)
8677610 Las Vegas cigar box label (chromolitho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Las Vegas cigar box label.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection.

M for marine (chromolitho)
8677325 M for marine (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: M for marine. Man dressed in a marine's uniform by the sea)

The outdoor banquet, curtain Russian games, detail of the tent and characters
JEB4881787 The outdoor banquet, curtain Russian games, detail of the tent and characters. Tapestry by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (Jean Baptiste Leprince)

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"The Tobacco Box: A Journey Through Time and Culture" Step into the world of tobacco, where history intertwines with art and iconic figures. P. G. Wodehouse, renowned for his wit, captured in words the essence of a smoking cigar - an indulgence that transcends time. In a black and white portrait, Winston Churchill stands tall, gripping a machine gun with one hand while holding a cherished cigar in the other. This World War II propaganda image embodies strength and resilience. Mr. Edmund Hodgson Yates immortalized in Vanity Fair's cartoon from 1878; his mischievous smile hidden behind puffs of smoke as he enjoys his tobacco box collection. The colors bring life to this snapshot of an era long gone. Horse Super Cigarettes adorns our journey with vibrant color printing from 1935. A testament to how tobacco became intertwined with popular culture during this period. A country kermis painting on wood reveals peasants gathered at an inn, their pipes emitting fragrant smoke that fills the air. It depicts a simpler time when tobacco was shared among friends amidst laughter and camaraderie. A bear wearing spectacles captivates us through litho print; its sophisticated demeanor enhanced by the presence of a lit cigar between its paws – reminding us that even animals can appreciate life's pleasures. Peasants Smoking in an Inn transports us back to 1640; oil strokes capturing moments frozen in time as villagers gather around tables filled with smoke-filled pipes - their faces etched with stories untold. An antisemitic cartoon titled "Everything must pay off" serves as a stark reminder of darker times when prejudice tainted society's perception - highlighting how even something as innocent as tobacco could be used for divisive purposes. Jean Cocteau’s artistic genius shines through; his love for cigars evident in every stroke on canvas or page - revealing the allure and mystique surrounding this timeless habit.