Caption

Pyramid of various smoking figures with the days of the week, print, book illustration, printmaker: Elchanon Verveer, The Hague, 1836 - 1900, paper, wood engraving, letterpress printing, wood engraving and text in letterpress, height 122 mm x width 104 mm, pipe, tobacco (taking (particular) foodstuffs: eating, drinking, smoking, chewing, etc.), cigarette (taking (particular) foodstuffs: eating, various human types, cigar (taking (particular) foodstuffs: eating, A vertical series of black ink caricature portraits fills the left side of an aged, stained sheet, showing rows of men and a few women with varied hats, hairstyles, facial hair, and expressions, many holding or puffing on long pipes that trail curling smoke; the topmost figure wears a top hat and extends a long-stemmed pipe, below him groups of faces include bearded men, a soldier in a peaked helmet, a woman with short hair, a man with a cap and drooping mustache, and further down a cluster of men in coats and cravats, all rendered in detailed line work against a blank, slightly mottled background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A91_275

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.9Mb (9.9Mb) / 11.9in x 14.0in / 3581 x 4191 (300dpi)

Keywords

Pyramid various smoking figures days week print book illustration printmaker Elchanon Verveer Hague 1836 - 1900 paper wood engraving letterpress printing text letterpress height 122 mm x width 104 mm pipe tobacco taking particular foodstuffs eating drinking chewing etc cigarette various human types cigar vertical series black ink caricature portraits fills left side aged stained sheet showing rows men women varied hats hairstyles facial hair expressions holding puffing long pipes trail curling smoke topmost figure wears top hat extends long-stemmed pipe groups faces include bearded men soldier peaked helmet woman short hair man cap drooping mustache further down cluster coats cravats rendered detailed line work blank slightly mottled background