Sujet
'Opium Smoking-The Lascar's Room in Edwin Drood', 1872. Artist: A Doms
Légende
'Opium Smoking-The Lascar's Room in Edwin Drood', 1872. The lascar sits in the corner of the room, underneath a flight of wooden stairs, with his opium pipe, grinning at his audience. A group of men and a woman crowd round on the left. The light from the candle gives the room an eery quality. A cat sits in the shadows on the stairs. The term lascar means an East Indian sailor serving in the British Navy. Taken from London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré. A Pilgrimage was a comprehensive portrait of London, but although the book was a commercial success many of the critics disliked it. Several were upset that Jerrold and Doré had concentrated on the poverty that existed in London.
Museum of London
Date
1872
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Museum of London
Notre référence
HRM19A84_224
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
53,9Mo (3,7Mo) / 31,9cm x 42,4cm / 3762 x 5004 (300dpi)