Research Catalog

Title

Prints depicting cigar and cigarette smoking and related subjects [graphic]

Publication

1825-1968.

Details

Additional Authors

• Bail, Joseph, 1862-1921.
• Geiger, Andreas, 1765-1856.
• Huffam, A. W.
• Kronburg, Sascha.
• Revesz, Kornel.
• Sharp, Michael William, -1840.
• Strombotne, James, rtist.
• Zelinka, Ferdinand, -1873.

Description

<12> prints engraving, etching, lithograph, mezzotint, wood engraving; 42 x 58 cm. or smaller.

Summary

People smoking cigars and cigarettes, including "New women" on the streets of Prague, a man reading, men in a smoking room at the international exposition in London, a young man in a cook's hat, a fashionable man with his family in the park, and others. There are also depictions of cigarettes or cigars burning in ashtrays, including one with women shaped from the smoke.

Subjects

• Women
• Wood-engraving
• Prints > English
• Prints > Czech
• Prints > Austrian
• Mezzotints
• Lithographs
• Etchings
• Engravings
• Greeting cards
• Bookplates
• Advertisements
• Women > Tobacco use
• Waitresses
• Smoking paraphernalia
• Streets > Czech Republic > Prague
• Social classes
• Smoking
• Sailors
• Restaurants
• Reading
• Leisure
• Families
• Exhibitions
• Eating & drinking
• Cooks
• Clothing and dress
• Cigars
• Cigarettes

Genre/Form

• Advertisements.
• Bookplates.
• Greeting cards.
• Engravings.
• Etchings.
• Lithographs.
• Mezzotints.
• Prints – Austrian.
• Prints – Czech.
• Prints – English.
• Wood-engraving.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Plate marks, when present, range in size from 9 x 7.5 cm to 32 x 25 cm.
• Titles and legends in English, French and German.
• Includes prints by Andreas Geiger, A. Huffam, Sascha Kronburg, Kornel Revesz, James Strombotne, F. Zelinka and others, after artists including M.W. Sharp and Joseph Bail.
• Includes advertisements and book plates.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Detailed finding aid available

Call Number

Arents Prints 96-340

OCLC

NYPG96-F106

Title

Prints depicting cigar and cigarette smoking and related subjects [graphic]

Imprint

1825-1968.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Arents Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Indexes

Detailed finding aid available, item level control.

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Added Author

Bail, Joseph, 1862-1921. Artist

Geiger, Andreas, 1765-1856. Engraver

Huffam, A. W. Engraver

Kronburg, Sascha. Etcher

Revesz, Kornel. Etcher

Sharp, Michael William, -1840. Artist

Strombotne, James, rtist.

Zelinka, Ferdinand, -1873. Lithographer

Research Call Number

Arents Prints 96-340