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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.

The natural history of Aleppo, and parts adjacent. Containing a description of the city, and the principal natural productions in its neighbourhood; together with an account of the climate, inhabitants, and diseases; particularly of the plague, with the methods used by the Europeans for their preservation / By Alex. Russell, M. D.

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

Español: Dos mujeres en un interior con narguile, grabado

Un grabado muestra a una mujer sentada con una bata orlada de armiño y un tocado estampado junto a una mujer de pie con un vestido largo de motivos florales. La figura sentada sostiene una larga pipa de narguile sobre un diván acolchado, y a la derecha una ventana se abre hacia árboles.

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Uma gravura mostra uma mulher sentada, com roupão debruado de arminho e toucado estampado, ao lado de uma mulher em pé, com vestido longo de padrão floral. A figura sentada segura um longo cachimbo de narguilé sobre um divã acolchetado, e à direita uma janela se abre para árvores.

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