Tobacco Packet Collection (#7)

Real Photographs, c.1939: The Gore, Hamilton, Ontario (coloured photo)
8671473 Real Photographs, c.1939: The Gore, Hamilton, Ontario (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Gore, Hamilton, Ontario)

Advertising card for Manhatta cigars (colour litho)
8677752 Advertising card for Manhatta cigars (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising card for Manhatta cigars, sold by J C Rathbun & Co)

Jacob Paul von Gundling, German historian (engraving)
8664075 Jacob Paul von Gundling, German historian (engraving) by German School, (18th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Satirical caricature of Jacob Paul von Gundling)

postcard war 1914-1918: a new lighter! Soldier in a trench lighting his pipe with a bomb on the verge of exploding
PCT4261826 postcard war 1914-1918: a new lighter! Soldier in a trench lighting his pipe with a bomb on the verge of exploding.; (add.info.: postcard war 1914-1918: a new lighter)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): a buralist in the middle of his boxes of cigars, jars of candy, barley sugars
LUX4760741 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): a buralist in the middle of his boxes of cigars, jars of candy, barley sugars, pipes and tobacco packages, 1900 - Sunday 7 August; (add.info.: France)

Tobacco or Virginian tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by
FLO4985189 Tobacco or Virginian tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Halley's diving bell, 1850
3359192 Halley's diving bell, 1850; (add.info.: Representation of Halley's diving bell, showing how the barrel of air was lowered to the sea bed and connected to bell by a pipe)

Former President Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) surrounds his friends in the smokehouse in William Collins Whitney's
NWI4936659 Former President Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) surrounds his friends in the smokehouse in William Collins Whitney's equestrian farm (1841-1904)

Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher
FLO4563556 Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Portrait composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). in 1895 (photo)
ELD4831415 Portrait composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). in 1895 (photo); (add.info.: Portrait composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). in 1895 about); Photo © The Holbarn Archive

Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph
FLO4990762 Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in overcoat and hat and smoking a cigar, walking alone on the deck of HMS Prince of Wales
528726 Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in overcoat and hat and smoking a cigar, walking alone on the deck of HMS Prince of Wales during the Atlantic Conference

Winston Churchill, 1942 (b/w photo)
2625260 Winston Churchill, 1942 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Winston Churchill as British war time prime minister 1942.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Weaver and Magpie, 1880 (oil on canvas)
8615144 Weaver and Magpie, 1880 (oil on canvas) by Hague, John Houghton (1842-p.1886); 119.5x75 cm; Gallery Oldham, UK; (add.info.: By John Houghton Hague (1842-1934)); Oldham Collection

Sultan and Musicians, c. 1650 (opaque w/c and gold on paper)
XOS5884675 Sultan and Musicians, c. 1650 (opaque w/c and gold on paper) by South Indian School, (17th century); 16.9x20.4 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Southern India)

Miniature Painting on Paper Lady Enjoying Hookah
3609943 Miniature Painting on Paper Lady Enjoying Hookah by Indian School; Private Collection; Dinodia

Hotei Smoking his Pipe, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)
5859844 Hotei Smoking his Pipe, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu), c.1814 (colour woodblock print (album sheet)) by Hokusai

Lady Enjoying Hookah and Drink Miniature Painting on Paper
3609946 Lady Enjoying Hookah and Drink Miniature Painting on Paper by Indian School; Private Collection; Dinodia

A rich man of Tien Tsin, China. 1873 (engraving)
7259225 A rich man of Tien Tsin, China. 1873 (engraving) by Ronjat, Etienne Antoine Eugene (b.1822); Private Collection; (add.info.: A rich man of Tien Tsin, China. Design by E)

Lucky Strike Cigarette Ad, 1940 (photo)
7133874 Lucky Strike Cigarette Ad, 1940 (photo); (add.info.: Magazine advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes cites "authoritative tests" showing that "Luckies finer tobaccos mean)

Self Portrait, 1883 (painting)
7432276 Self Portrait, 1883 (painting) by Krohg, Christian (1852-1925); 47.5x36 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Christian Krohg (1852-1925)); Photo © O. Vaering

The Fisherman, 1886 (painting)
7432268 The Fisherman, 1886 (painting) by Norregaard, Asta (1853-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Asta Norregaard (1853-1933)); Photo © O. Vaering

Portrait of Georges Courteline, c.1898 (oil on canvas)
XIR222747 Portrait of Georges Courteline, c.1898 (oil on canvas) by Stevens, Leopold (1866-1935); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Egyptian Woman in a Harem in Cairo, illustration from The Valley of the Nile engraved by Bureau, pub
STC83481 Egyptian Woman in a Harem in Cairo, illustration from The Valley of the Nile engraved by Bureau, pub. by Lemercier, 1848 (litho) by Prisse d'Avennes

Country Kermis (oil on panel)
7414901 Country Kermis (oil on panel) by Dusart, Cornelis (1660-1704); 36.5--32.5 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info.: by Cornelis Dusart)

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A bear wearing spectacles and smoking a cigar (colour litho)
732433 A bear wearing spectacles and smoking a cigar (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A bear wearing spectacles and smoking a cigar)

Peasants Smoking in an Inn, c. 1640 (oil on wood)
XOS5886595 Peasants Smoking in an Inn, c. 1640 (oil on wood) by Teniers, David the Younger (1610-90); 46.5x37 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: by David Teniers)

At thirty deniers, a cosmopolitan bazaar "Everything must pay off" (antisemitic cartoon), 1909 (print)
7415593 At thirty deniers, a cosmopolitan bazaar "Everything must pay off" (antisemitic cartoon), 1909 (print) by Lemot

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Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
1727886 Jean Cocteau (1889-1963); (add.info.: Jean Cocteau (1889-1963))

Caricature of a Man with a Big Cigar, 1855-56 (black and red chalk with touches of coloured chalks)
5859685 Caricature of a Man with a Big Cigar, 1855-56 (black and red chalk with touches of coloured chalks) by Monet, Claude (1840-1926); 59.8 -- 38.5 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Muddy waters (oil on canvas)
7404278 Muddy waters (oil on canvas) by Krohg, Christian (1852-1925); 120x151 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Christian Krogh (1852-1925), Size: 120x151 cm Private collection); Photo © O

Arab Cafe in Cairo, Egypt, 1906
ELD4831082 Arab Cafe in Cairo, Egypt, 1906 by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Arab Cafe in Cairo, Egypt, 1906); Photo © The Holbarn Archive

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Damascus, Syria in 1894. Narguila smokers
3789424 Damascus, Syria in 1894. Narguila smokers; (add.info.: Narguila smokers in Damascus, Syria in 1894. Jerusalem-Damas ch Lallemand Paris Ancienne Maison Quantin 1894); Lebrecht History

Portrait of Bernardo Celentano, 1859, Morelli Domenico (oil on canvas)
7062866 Portrait of Bernardo Celentano, 1859, Morelli Domenico (oil on canvas) by Morelli, Domenico (1826-1901); Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Lazio

Lady on a terrace with a hookah, c. 1770 (gouache and gold on paper)
1071157 Lady on a terrace with a hookah, c.1770 (gouache and gold on paper) by Indian School, (17th century); 32.2276x24.4475x2.54 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Bottle of rum and newspaper, 1914, (paper collage gouache, pencil on newspaper)
7129412 Bottle of rum and newspaper, 1914, (paper collage gouache, pencil on newspaper) by Gris, Juan (1887-1927); Peggy Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, Italy; (add.info.: Bottle of rum and newspaper)

Advertisement for De Hollandsche Revue, 1910, Dutch periodical, showing men sitting at a long desk reading the Revue to
528288 Advertisement for De Hollandsche Revue, 1910, Dutch periodical, showing men sitting at a long desk reading the Revue to light of electric lamps. Artist, Johann Georg van Caspel (1870-1928)

A seated portrait of Ram Chandra Lahiri, Dewan of Cooch Bewar (1829 - 1842, c)
7370330 A seated portrait of Ram Chandra Lahiri, Dewan of Cooch Bewar (1829 - 1842, c. 1840 (opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper)

The Smoker, c. 1927 (oil and terpentine on canvas)
7332520 The Smoker, c.1927 (oil and terpentine on canvas) by Permeke, Constant (1886-1952); Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium; (add.info.: Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Oost-Vlaanderen)

Walter Crane (1845-1915)
864108 Walter Crane (1845-1915) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915); (add.info.: Old King Cole was a merry old soul/ And a merry old soul was he./He called for his pipe)

Hookah base, 17th century (zinc alloy "bidri ware" inlaid with gold)
1071563 Hookah base, 17th century (zinc alloy "bidri ware" inlaid with gold) by Indian School, (17th century); 16.5100330201x18.4150368301x18.4150368301 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Michelin man. (illustration, circa 1930)
5975666 Michelin man. (illustration, circa 1930) by Rossillon, Marius (O'Galop) (1867-1946); Private Collection; (add.info.: Geography. France)

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"Exploring the Fascinating History and Artistic Depictions of Tobacco Packets" Tobacco has a rich history that spans centuries, and its significance is beautifully captured in various artworks throughout time. One such depiction is "Black Woman, 1875-1876, " an oil on canvas masterpiece showcasing the allure of tobacco packets during that era. In contrast to this painting, we have P G Wodehouse's portrait smoking a cigar. This black and white photograph captures the essence of sophistication and indulgence associated with tobacco consumption. Moving forward to Winston Churchill's iconic image from World War II propaganda, we witness him holding a machine gun while donning his signature hat and puffing on a cigar. This powerful black and white photo symbolizes strength, resilience, and perhaps even defiance against adversity. Another intriguing representation comes from Mr Edmund Hodgson Yates' Vanity Fair cartoon published in 1878. The colorful lithograph humorously portrays the societal fascination with tobacco packets as they became increasingly popular during that period. Fast forwarding to 1935, Horse Super Cigarettes utilized color printing techniques for their packaging design. This vibrant artwork showcases how companies used visual appeal to entice consumers into purchasing their products. Artists also found inspiration in depicting everyday scenes involving tobacco consumption. For instance, "Peasants Smoking in an Inn" painted around 1640 offers us a glimpse into social gatherings where people enjoyed smoking together as part of their leisurely activities. On another note, Jean Cocteau's artistic genius shines through his work which may or may not include references to tobacco packets. His unique style often challenges conventional norms while captivating viewers with thought-provoking imagery. Caricatures have always been popular mediums for satirical commentary on society.