Tobacco testing
Date
late nineteenth century
Creator - Organisation
Halftones Limited, Photographer
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 166mm
width (print): 214mm
width (print): 214mm
Subject
Description
Half-portrait of an unknown chemist inspecting a rolling paper in the Government Laboratory. He wears a pinstriped suit jacket and trousers, and looks down at his work, his face in left profile. On the table in front of him are deconstructed cigarettes, separated into piles of tobacco and rolling papers. Jars of cigarettes and tobacco line the back wall.
The Government Laboratory on Clements Inn Passage, London, was established in 1842 for the prevention of adulteration of tobacco products.
Verso inscription: ‘Examination of cigarettes
COPYRIGHT HALFTONES LIMITED
17, FLEET STREET, E.C. Fee 5/-‘
From the papers of Thomas Thorpe. Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845-1925), British chemist served as Chief Chemist to the British Government, as Director of the Government Laboratory, from 1894 to 1909. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863.
The Government Laboratory on Clements Inn Passage, London, was established in 1842 for the prevention of adulteration of tobacco products.
Verso inscription: ‘Examination of cigarettes
COPYRIGHT HALFTONES LIMITED
17, FLEET STREET, E.C. Fee 5/-‘
From the papers of Thomas Thorpe. Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845-1925), British chemist served as Chief Chemist to the British Government, as Director of the Government Laboratory, from 1894 to 1909. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863.
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