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Engraved plate of a seated woman with a hookah pipe and a standing woman in a patterned gown in a room with a divan and window.

Two women in an interior with a hookah, engraved plate

An engraved plate shows a seated woman in an ermine-trimmed robe and patterned headdress beside a standing woman in a long floral-patterned gown. The seated figure holds a long hookah pipe on a striped cushioned divan, while a window opens onto trees at the right.

Artist
Alexander Russell
Date
MDCCCLVI [i.e. 1756]
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3447 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1756.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Anatomy and Medicine18th centuryengravingbook illustrationblack and white printnatural historyinteriorplaguedivanhookahwomen in robesaleppo

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