Cigar Collection

Winston Churchill Holding a Sub-Machine Gun
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) - pictured holding a Sub-Machine Gun. Date: circa 1940

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, 1857, printed 1863-64

Heath Robinson Kitchen 3 of 4
Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Kitchen. A busy Kitchen, which is a typically Heath Robinson design, with a system of pulleys

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) holding tommy gun while visiting America

Che Guevara / Smoking
ERNESTO GUEVARA Known as CHE GUEVARA Latin American guerrilla leader and revolutionary theorist. Listening to an address in Santiago de Cuba. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT* Date: 1928 - 1967

Cigar-Smoking Child
Three year-old Robert Quigley smoking a cigar, Washington DC, 30th August 1928. Quigley apparently started smoking when, as a one year-old on his fathers knee

Anthony Trollope
ANTHONY TROLLOPE English novelist in old age Date: 1815 - 1882

Rick Gunnell, owner of The Flamingo Club, with his partner, Tony Harris, Wardour Street, Soho, London, in the early hours of Sunday 2nd January 1966

Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Austrian psychologist, holding a cigar. Freud established the idea that mental disorders could have psychological as well as physiological causes

An Alligator - all dressed up to meet you in Florida, USA. Date: 1935

Birthday card - Man relaxing in a chair
Birthday card, Man relaxing in a chair. circa 1930s

Winston Churchill and Bernard Montgomery cross the Rhine. On March 25th Mr. Churchill with Field Marshal Montgomery crossed the East bank of the Rhine in an American L.C.U.P

Playtime at Wimbledon. by William Heath Robinson
The new craze of Jazz Tennis caught in full swing by our extra special artist. A humorous illustration of tennis players dancing the foxtrot on a tennis court

Leisure Moment, c1945. Creator: Unknown
Leisure Moment, c1945. British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) smoking one of his trademark cigars

Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers in Alan Cullimores Lets Go Crazy (1951)
Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers in Alan J Cullimores Lets Go Crazy (1951)

Winston Churchill building a wall at his house Chartwell near Westerham Kent. At one time he held a card in Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers c 1930

I K Brunel / Chain Cdv
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c. pictured in front of the anchor chain of the Great Eastern

At the Moulin de la Galette or La Madeleine. Painting by Ramon Casas i Carbo (1866-1932)
AIS5357395 At the Moulin de la Galette or La Madeleine. Painting by Ramon Casas i Carbo (1866-1932), 1892. Oil on canvas. Barcelona, Museum at Montserrat

A signed photograph of Sigmund Freud, c. 1921 (sepia photo)
985676 A signed photograph of Sigmund Freud, c.1921 (sepia photo) by Halberstadt, Max (1882-1940); 35.6x25.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Man Who Lit His Cigar Before The Royal Toast - Bateman
The Man Who Lit His Cigar Before The Royal Toast - H M Bateman. This illustration shows an arrogant man who has defied etiquette by lighting his cigar before the correct course of dinner

ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA (1928-1967). Argentinian revolutionary leader and politician. Photograph, 1964

American Gangster Al Capone
Chicago, Illinois: January 1, 1930. A portrait of American gangster, Al Capone

Silhouette of a landlord and his dog
Silhouette of a pub landlord with a glass of beer in his hand, his dog sitting at his feet. An advertisement for Worthington beer

Silhouette of barmaid and customer in a pub
The best drink is the last drink -- scene at 10pm in The Crown, Harrogate, with a barmaid, a customer and his dog

Sentimental German wartime postcard
You, Only you alone are my true love - a sentimental wartime postcard sent from a German soldier to his girl back home in Munich

Typical dressed Cuban woman smoking a giant cigar, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Groucho Marx / Postcard
GROUCHO MARX (Julius Marx) American comedian with his characteristic cigar and painted-on moustache

Ufos / Adamski
Cigar-shaped Venusian interplanetary carrier photographed through a 6" telescope over Palomar Gardens, California; it was 50 km distant at the time

Sigmund Freud Smoking
Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939) smoking a cigar, c. 1920. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Arnold Bennett
ENOCH ARNOLD BENNETT English novelist, dramatist and critic Date: 1867 - 1931

A Reader in cigar factory, Tampa, Fla. He reads books and newspapers at top of his voice all day long. This is all the education many of these workers receive

GEORGE GERSHWIN. (1898-1937). American composer. Caricature by William Auerbach-Levy

Huntsman with Cigar
Hughie A huntsman in traditional attire smokes a large cigar

Tobacconist - Treyer and Fribourg
The famous (and charming) 18th century tobacco, cigar and snuff shop Treyer and Fribourg at 34 Haymarket, London, SW1. The shop enjoyed the patronage of George III

El Senor Maximon, Solola, Guatemala, Central America

Humanised elephant in the role of a bon viveur
A humanised elephant, wearing waistcoat, trousers and tailcoat, cast in the role of a bon viveur, with corks popping out of wine bottles behind him

Michelin man. (illustration, circa 1930)
5975666 Michelin man. (illustration, circa 1930) by Rossillon, Marius (O'Galop) (1867-1946); Private Collection; (add.info.: Geography. France)

Flo Dixie - impersonating a male army officer
Flo Dixie, Music Hall Performer - impersonating a male army officer. Known as the bantam male impersonator'. Dressed as an army officer with cane, monocle and cigar. Signed card.. Date: circa 1921

Missouri newsboys smoking on a street in St. Louis, 1910
May 9, 1910 - Young newsboys smoking on a St. Louis, Missouri street. Photo by Lewis Hine

Moses Weinberger (center) with bartenders Mack O Brien (left) and Ike Reed at the entrance to the Same Old Moses Saloon
OKLAHOMA: SALOON, c1900. Moses Weinberger (center) with bartenders Mack O Brien (left) and Ike Reed at the entrance to the Same Old Moses Saloon at 211 West Harrison Avenue in Guthrie, Oklahoma

SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934). English composer. Photograph, early 20th century

Jazz Trumpeter, American Louis Armstrong
Undated and unlocated picture of American Louis Armstrong, the jazz trumpeter whose melodic inventiveness established the central role of the improvising soloist in jazz

AD: ALCOHOL, c1871. American advertisement, The best wines, liquors, ales & lager beer, we are selling here. Lithograph by Louis N. Rosenthal, c1871

Churchill taken ill, 1932
Winston Churchill (1874-1965), English politician, having a cheeky puff on his cigar whilst being stretchered from his London flat to a West End nursing home via ambulance

THE MARX BROTHERS, 1932. Groucho (left) and Chico Marx in Horse Feathers, 1932

Che Guevara / 1962
ERNESTO GUEVARA Known as CHE GUEVARA Latin American guerrilla leader and revolutionary theorist. Smoking a cazadores cigar; the cheapest possible. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Che Guevara / 1963
ERNESTO GUEVARA Known as CHE GUEVARA Latin American guerrilla leader and revolutionary theorist. Holding a cigar. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Advertising cigars, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Central America

An old man with cap and white beard smoking a cigar, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Aboard H. M. S. Prince of Wales, 1941, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Aboard H.M.S. " Prince of Wales", August 1941, (1945). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the deck of the battleship Prince of Wales during the Second World War

May / Phil / Vanity Fair 95
PHILIP WILLIAM MAY known as PHIL MAY English cartoonist Date: 1864 - 1903

Doncella cigar advertisement, 1965
Advertisement for Doncella cigars featuring a man under a bunch of mistletoe smoking a cigar and attracting much interest from a bevy of beautiful brunettes. Date: 1965

Winston Churchill at Croydon Airport, 1939
Churchill leaves his plane at Croydon Airport after flying back from an inspection of the Maginot Line on August 23rd, 1939 - just over a week before the Second World War broke out. Date: 1939

Chartreux liqueur advertisement
Advertisement for La Liqueur des Peres Chartreux de Tarragone, a French aperitif, best enjoyed with a cigar if the picture is anything go by. Date: c.1895

A man in a barrel crossing the Niagara Falls, illustration from Le Petit Journal
XIR346392 A man in a barrel crossing the Niagara Falls, illustration from Le Petit Journal, supplement illustre, 9th October 1910 (colour litho) by French School

Winston Churchill pictured on his way to the House of Commons. 23rd January 1964

Actress Sharon Tate photographed after the Premier of the film Rosemareys Baby with her husband Roman Polanski

Churchill, Brooke, and Montgomery on the German-held east bank of the Rhine, 25th March, 1945. After Operation Plunder, Churchill, Montgomery, and a party of U.S

Winston Churchill, British statesman, World War II, 1939-1945. Churchill (1874-1965), Britains wartime Prime Minister, smiling and smoking a cigar, shakes hands with a soldier

Viscount Lepic, 1882. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Viscount Lepic, 1882

Chanteclair or Hi! Cock-a-Lorum by Joe Peterman and Geo Ricketts co, with music by Frank Leedham. First produced at the Oxford Music Hall on 20th June 1910

Advert for Parkins and Gotto electrical novelties 1906
Advertisement from 1906 for Parkins and Gotto, of Oxford Street, London, showing the wide range of electrical novelties, including a working model of the Metropolitan electric railway train with

WW2 poster, Back him up to the hilt. Your united efforts will put the Win in Winston. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS (1835-1910). Aka Mark Twain. American humorist and writer. Photographed c1900

Poster advertising Rajah Cigars, showing an Indian man in ornate clothes, wearing a turban. 20th century

DeLara Cigar Factory, New York
Building, DeLara Cigar factory, 382 South Street. DeLara Cigar factory at 382 South Street; sign advertising building for sale visible

Michelin Tyre Advert
A Michelin Tyre Advertisement, showing the Michelin Man aiding the local workers in rubber collection!

El Senor Maximon worship, Solola, Guatemala, Central America

The Great Game of Poker
Four men sit around a table playing poker while a fifth stands watching the game and smoking

Cigars Label
Cigar label for Havana cigars manufactured by M Valle in Cuba

P G Wodehouse, smoking cigar, portrait (b / w photo)
5998065 P G Wodehouse, smoking cigar, portrait (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: P G Wodehouse, smoking cigar, portrait.); © Look and Learn

Winston Churchill with machine gun, cigar and hat, WW2 propaganda image (b / w photo)
3093149 Winston Churchill with machine gun, cigar and hat, WW2 propaganda image (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Smartly dressed man on a comic greetings card with verse and pull tab. Date: circa 1850s

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, standing in front of the launching chains of the
STC64675 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, standing in front of the launching chains of the Great Eastern, 1857 (b/w photo) by Howlett

Mr Edmund Hodgson Yates, The World, 16 November 1878, Vanity Fair cartoon (colour litho)
611597 Mr Edmund Hodgson Yates, The World, 16 November 1878, Vanity Fair cartoon (colour litho) by Ward, Leslie Matthew (Spy) (1851-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Edmund Hodgson Yates)

Ennui, 1917-18 (oil on canvas) (see also 142951 and 617723)
AMO138791 Ennui, 1917-18 (oil on canvas) (see also 142951 and 617723) by Sickert, Walter Richard (1860-1942); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Gertie Millar, British actress and singer, c1906. Artist: Rotary Photo
Gertie Millar, British actress and singer, c1906. Postcard posted in 1906. Gertie Millar (1879-1952) was a singer and actress of the late 19th and early 20th century

F C Burnand / Vanity Fair
SIR FRANCIS COWLEY BURNAND journalist, editor of Punch Date: 1836 - 1917

Silhouette portrait of Harry Rountree, artist
Silhouette portrait of Harry Rountree (1878-1950), artist and illustrator. Date: circa 1920s

Tramp smoking cigar with cane over arm. Date c1899

Railway Sleeper - Marylebone Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing post young gentleman propped up against a bollard at Marylebone Station after a wild Christmas party! Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Gentlemen Smoking Cigars
A languid group of Victorian gentlemen smoking cigars in front of the fire

Alec ( Sir Affable ) Knowles - Theatrical Journalist
Alec (" Sir Affable" ) Knowles (1851-1917) - Theatrical Journalist and member of Londons notorious Pelican Club

John Bews shop front in Guernsey, Channel Islands
John Bew, Wholesale & Retail Tobacco & Cigar Merchant, and Ship Insurance Agent -- his shop front in Guernsey, Channel Islands, with a female assistant standing in the doorway. Date: circa 1905

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"Cigar: A Timeless Symbol of Power, Creativity, and Indulgence" From the smoky rooms where decisions that shaped history were made to the luxurious havens of relaxation, the cigar has always held a special place in our hearts, and is more than just a tobacco product; it embodies elegance, sophistication, and even rebellion. Imagine Winston Churchill holding a sub-machine gun with a cigar clenched between his teeth - an iconic image that captures his unwavering determination during World War II. Or Isambard Kingdom Brunel standing before the launching chains of the Great Eastern, puffing on his favorite smoke as he revolutionized engineering. In Havana's sun-soaked streets of Cuba's West Indies lies a treasure trove of limited edition cigars neatly arranged in boxes. Cohiba cigars from this tropical paradise are renowned for their exquisite craftsmanship and rich flavors that transport you to another world. The allure continues with Che Guevara elegantly smoking a cigar while fighting for justice or Sigmund Freud contemplating profound thoughts amidst wisps of smoke. Even Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers found solace in cigars during their comedic escapades in Alan Cullimore's "Let's Go Crazy. " But it isn't just adults who appreciate these cylindrical delights; there is even a captivating image of a cigar-smoking child embodying innocence mixed with curiosity. And let us not forget William Heath Robinson's whimsical depiction of playtime at Wimbledon where tennis players enjoy their well-deserved break with cigars in hand – proof that even sports can be accompanied by indulgent pleasures. Travel across continents to Florida, USA, where an alligator dressed up to meet you awaits your arrival – perhaps offering you its own unique blend? Whether used as symbols or enjoyed simply for pleasure, cigars have become synonymous with moments worth savoring. So light one up and immerse yourself in this timeless tradition embraced by visionaries like Churchill and artists like Freud – a celebration of power, creativity, and the art of living.