Research Catalog

Drawings depicting smoking and related subjects

Title
Drawings depicting smoking and related subjects [graphic]
Publication
[17--?]-1932

Details

Additional Authors
  • Baumer, Lewis Christopher Edward, 1870-1963.
  • Birch, Reginald B., 1856-1943.
  • Flexor, Samson, 1907-1971.
  • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
  • Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902.
  • Neilson, Harry B. (Harry Bingham), 1861-1941.
  • Oppo, Cipriano Efisio, 1891-1962.
  • Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939.
  • Stone, Marcus, 1840-1921.
  • West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.
Description
30 drawings : chalk, ink, watercolor, some col.; 33 x 26 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Drawings depicting men smoking on the deck of a ship, by a hearth, while listening to someone read the newspaper; people in public houses smoking, drinking and playing cards; women smoking including on the Boulevard Sebastopol, notorious for prostitutes, and in a fashionable parlor; a woman depicted wearing classical garb and smoking a long pipe; nude woman smoking and reading; man painting name on side of locomotive as engineer smokes; Marie Antoinette and the Dauphin pleading with guard; couples, the man smoking; captain's quarters, one man offering another a pipe; a cigar box; a poodle sitting up, with pipe in mouth; men on horseback, smoking pipes; a family of bears trudging through snow on snowshoes, carrying bags labelled Bull Durham.
Subject
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character)
  • Animals in human situations
  • Bears
  • Card games
  • Cigarettes
  • Cigars
  • Couples
  • Dogs
  • Eating & drinking
  • Hearths
  • Interiors
  • Locomotives
  • Mothers and sons
  • Prostitutes
  • Railroads > Employees
  • Reading
  • Ship captains
  • Ships
  • Smoking in art
  • Tobacco paraphernalia
  • Tobacco pipes
  • Women
  • Women > Tobacco use
Genre/Form
  • Advertisements.
  • Bookplates.
  • Christmas cards.
  • Drawings – American.
  • Drawings – English.
  • Drawings – Italian.
  • Frakturs (Illumination).
  • Pen works.
  • Prints – American.
  • Still life drawings.
  • Watercolors.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Titles and legends in English, French, German, and Italian.
  • Includes drawings Lewis Baumer, Reginald Birch, Samson Flexnor, John Leech, Thomas Nast, Harry B. Neilson, Cipriano Efisio Oppo, Arthur Rackham, Marcus Stone and Benjamin West.
  • Includes one print (a Christmas card) made after Nast drawing of Santa Claus; a fraktur drawing; maquettes for a bookplate and for advertisements.
  • Includes illustrations for Rip Van Winkle, St. Nicholas magazine, Vanity faire, Gazzetta del popolo and Thackeray's Irish sketchbook.
  • Drawings for advertisements include Bull Durham, Modiano and Piedmont brands.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Call Number
Arents Drawings 96-350
OCLC
NYPG96-F178
Title
Drawings depicting smoking and related subjects [graphic]
Imprint
[17--?]-1932
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Arents Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
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Added Author
Baumer, Lewis Christopher Edward, 1870-1963. Artist
Birch, Reginald B., 1856-1943. Artist
Flexor, Samson, 1907-1971. Artist
Leech, John, 1817-1864. Artist
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902. Artist
Neilson, Harry B. (Harry Bingham), 1861-1941. Artist
Oppo, Cipriano Efisio, 1891-1962. Artist
Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939. Artist
Stone, Marcus, 1840-1921. Artist
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820. Artist
Research Call Number
Arents Drawings 96-350
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