Addiction Collection

Gin Lane, 1751. Artist: William Hogarth
Gin Lane, 1751.The scene is the St Giles slums. A child falls to its death from the arms of its drunk mother who sits with ulcerated legs. A skeletal figure holds an empty glass

Gin Lane, February 1, 1751. Creator: William Hogarth
Gin Lane, February 1, 1751

Labor Ipse Voluptas, 1869. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Labor Ipse Voluptas, 1869. The perils of smoking are highlighted in this cartoon. Tobacco affects how a man looks, and his energy levels. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 22, 1869

Harry K. Thaw, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Harry K. Thaw, between c1910 and c1915

Waiting, c1887. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Waiting, c1887. A woman sits alone at a table with a glass of absinthe. At first glance, she seems to be waiting in a cafe

Passant la revue des fumeurs d'opium, 1858. Creator: Honore Daumier
Passant la revue des fumeurs d'opium, 1858. (Histoire de faire aller le commerce). Making a review of opium smokers. (History of encouraging trade)

Self-portrait under the influence of hashish, ca 1842-1845. Creator: Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867)
Self-portrait under the influence of hashish, ca 1842-1845. Private Collection

Fonctionnaires chinois veillant au salut de l'empire!, 1859. Creator: Honore Daumier
Fonctionnaires chinois veillant au salut de l'empire!, 1859. Chinese officials ensuring the salvation of the empire! (The Opium Wars arose from China's attempts to suppress the opium trade)

Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Fig. 4. Having disposed of his costly garments, the victim next sells his furniture

Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Fig 1....two partners in an opium firm superintending the operations of their workmen...Fig

Sketches from China - Chinese Opium-smokers, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from China - Chinese Opium-smokers, 1858. Note woman on right with bound feet. The rooms where the Chinese sit and smoke opium are surrounded by wooden couches

To the cafe says Absinthe, c1909. Creator: Jean Beraud
To the cafe says Absinthe, c1909

Narcoti-cure, c1895. Creator: William H Bradley
Narcoti-cure, c1895

Viscount Jocelyn, M.P. for Lyme Regis, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Viscount Jocelyn, M.P. for Lyme Regis, 1850. Portrait after a miniature by Sir W. Ross. Jocelyn...sailed with the despatches from Canton; and...wrote an account...under the title of "Six Months

Morphine Addicts (Morphinomanes), 1887. Creator: Paul Albert Besnard
Morphine Addicts (Morphinomanes), 1887

Opium smoker, 1867. Creator: William Thomas Saunders
Opium smoker, 1867

Opium Smoking - The Lascars Room in Edwin Drood, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Opium Smoking-The Lascars Room in Edwin Drood", 1872. Limehouse and Pennyfields had opium-smoking and gambling rooms

Femme Fumant De L Opium, (Woman Smoking Opium), 1900. Creator: Unknown
Femme Fumant De L Opium, (Woman Smoking Opium), 1900.. From " Autour du Monde - Fascicule VI". [L. Boulanger, Paris, 1900]

Group at Hardhams Tobacco Shop, c1880. Creator: Unknown
Group at Hardhams Tobacco Shop, c1880. Customers taking snuff at Hardhams Tobacco Shop in Fleet Street, City of London, in the 18th century. From " Old and New London"

Frank Rossalino, London, 1973. Artist: Brian O Connor
Frank Rossalino, London, 1973

Movie poster The Morphine Takers. Private Collection

An Opium Den in San Francisco, 19th century. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

The First Cigar: The Result, 1910
The First Cigar: The Result. A boy coughs having smoked his first cigar. From a vintage stereoscope c1910

Chinese opium smokers, 19th century

Opium smoking in the East End of London, 1874. Artist: WB Murrey
Opium smoking in the East End of London, 1874. A notice on the wall refers to the imminent departure of a ship from London to Ceylon and Penang in the Far East

Morphiamania, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Morphiamania, 1891. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 21st February 1891

Opium den in the Chninese quarter of San Francisco, c1870. Wood engraving

Sancta Nicotina Consolatrix. The Poor Mans Friend, 1869. Artist: George du Maurier
Sancta Nicotina Consolatrix. The Poor Mans Friend, 1869. Tobacco was by this time recognised as a health hazard, but its properties provided some comfort for the very poor

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