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Subject Narcotics Digitised Content No

1. 1787.d.7, 1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(18)
Title:
Opium-smoking in a restaurant. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a reclining figure smoking an opium pipe.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

2. 1787.d.7, 1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(19)
Title:
A whiff of opium at home. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) 'This picture shows the method in which opium is smoked by the wealthier classes among the Chinese. The smoker here has leisure and money at his command, so that he is able to indulge freely in his use of the drug...'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

3. IOR/R/15/2/1329-1333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1329-1333
Title:
File 8: Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The Miscellaneous subject files contain records concerning the import of opium and other restricted drugs into Bahrain, the distribution of alcohol among British agencies and residencies in the Persian Gulf, and the prohibition against the purchase and drinking of alcohol in Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1926-1949
Extent:
5 files (988 folios)

4. Photo 310(266)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 310(266)
Title:
Opium smokers. Photographer: Gordon, Francis Walden
Scope & Content:
Glass stereogram, inscribed 'Stereogram Shan Tayok' on mount.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 667/3(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/3(49)
Title:
Opium poppies-Hamadan. Photographer: Parsons, Arthur Edward Broadbent
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1932
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1000/49(4782)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/49(4782)
Title:
Non-photographic: Gouache by an Amritsar artist depicting the smoking of Charras, a type of Indian hemp imported into northern India from Eastern Turkestan.
Scope & Content:
With descriptive notes attached. The paintings accompanied samples of the narcotics illustrated, and were made for display at an unidentified exhibition. See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 226, catalogue ref. 188 (i).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/49(4783)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/49(4783)
Title:
Non-photographic: Gouache by an Amritsar artist depicting the preparation and consumption of Indian hemp (bhang).
Scope & Content:
With descriptive notes attached. The paintings accompanied samples of the narcotics illustrated, and were made for display at an unidentified exhibition. See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 226, catalogue ref. 188 (ii).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1000/49(4784)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/49(4784)
Title:
Non-photographic: Gouache by an Amritsar artist depicting the smoking of opium.
Scope & Content:
With descriptive notes attached. The paintings accompanied samples of the narcotics illustrated, and were made for display at an unidentified exhibition. See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 226, catalogue ref. 188 (iii).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1000/49(4785)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/49(4785)
Title:
Non-photographic: Gouache by an Amritsar artist depicting the smoking of tobacco in various forms of pipe - nargila, huqqa, gurguri and pechwan.
Scope & Content:
With descriptive notes attached. The paintings accompanied samples of the narcotics illustrated, and were made for display at an unidentified exhibition. See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 226, catalogue ref. 188 (iv).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item