Opium smoking in the East End of London Size:L: 80 x 60cm 'Explanation of Plate XXV'

'Explanation of Plate XXV'

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Opium smoking in the East End of London Size:L: 80 x 60cm 'Explanation of Plate XXV''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. Some opium dens in London were the haunt of lascars and Chinese sailors. A print from the Illustrated London News, 1 August 1874.