Framed Prints
Framed Print of 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, with places for the head to rest upon...The drug is prepared with some kind of incense, and a very small portion is sufficient to charge it, one or two whiffs being the utmost that can be inhaled from a single pipe; the smoke is taken into the lungs, as from the hookah in India. On a beginner one or two pipes will have an effect, but an old stager will continue smoking for hours. At the head of each couch is placed a small lamp, as fire must be applied to the drug during the process of inhaling... A few days of this fearful luxury, when taken to excess, will impart a pallid and haggard look to the features, and a few months, or even weeks, will change the strong and healthy man into little better than an idiot-skeleton...these infatuated people may be seen...laughing and talking under the effect of the pipe...The last scene of this tragic play is generally a room in the rear of the building, a species of morgue, or dead house, where lie those who have passed into the state of bliss the opium-smoker madly seeks - an emblem of the long sleep to which he is blindly hurrying'. From Illustrated London News, 1858. Heritage Images features heritage image collections. © The Print Collector/Heritage Images
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Media ID 36352989
Addict Addiction Bound Feet Braid Braids Burning Drug Foot Binding Footbinding Hand Held Handheld Lying Lying Down Opium Opium Den Opium Pipe Opium Wars Pigtail Pigtails Pipe Pipes Plait Plaits Preparation Preparations Preparing Reclining Recumbent Tobacco Pipe
Modern Frame 14"x12" (36x31cm)
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Wood effect frame, card mounted, 10x8 fade resistant photo print. Overall outside dimensions 14x12 inches (36x31cm). Environmentally and ozone friendly, 40mm wide x 15mm Polycore® moulding has the look of real wood, is durable and light and easy to hang. Biodegradable and made with non-chlorinated gases (no toxic fumes) it is efficient; producing 100 tons of polystyrene can save 300 tons of trees! Prints are glazed with lightweight, shatterproof, optical clarity acrylic (providing the same general protection from the environment as glass). The back is stapled hardboard with a sawtooth hanger attached. Note: measurements provided are estimated outer dimensions, which include both the image and the frame. While we aim to keep sizing consistent, exact dimensions may vary slightly due to differences in print size or production requirements, which may result in a variation in the overall size (up to approximately 2.5cm (1"))
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Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 24.4cm x 15.8cm (9.6" x 6.2")
Estimated Product Size is 36cm x 31cm (14.2" x 12.2")
