The Old Print Shop

The Smoaking Club.

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  • PUBLISHER: London, Published 10 Jany. 1792 by Bull & Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill.

  • MEDIUM: Stipple engraving,

    DATE: 1792

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 13 5/8 x 17 3/4" (34.6 x 45.1 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: L. Boyne, del. E. Scott. sculpt.<br><br> Elderly men sit and stand, all smoking long pipes; large clouds of smoke issue from their mouths, but little or nothing comes from the bowls of their pipes. Most sit or stand silently morose; two standing men (left) appear to be puffing smoke in each other's faces. In the upper right are the rules to the society. No 4 reads: Any member who puffs designedly in the face of another, to be fines six pence of be puff'd at in return by the whole company. No. 5: All Fines to be spent in Porter.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition, save for several very minor tears in the margins.

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