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Cigar Collection (#5)

"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

Background imageCigar Collection: Former President Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) surrounds his friends in the smokehouse in William

Former President Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) surrounds his friends in the smokehouse in William Collins Whitney's
NWI4936659 Former President Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) surrounds his friends in the smokehouse in William Collins Whitney's equestrian farm (1841-1904)

Background imageCigar Collection: Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr

Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher
FLO4563556 Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageCigar Collection: Mrs. G.W. Lopp & cigarettes sent to France, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. G.W. Lopp & cigarettes sent to France, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs. G.W
Mrs. G.W. Lopp & cigarettes sent to France, between c1914 and c1915. Mrs. George Washington-Lopp (Clara Dolores Machain) sitting in front of a shipment of cigarettes

Background imageCigar Collection: Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Mariani....especially on Sundays after mass

Background imageCigar Collection: Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller

Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph
FLO4990762 Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Background imageCigar Collection: Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in overcoat and hat and smoking a cigar

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in overcoat and hat and smoking a cigar, walking alone on the deck of HMS Prince of Wales
528726 Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in overcoat and hat and smoking a cigar, walking alone on the deck of HMS Prince of Wales during the Atlantic Conference

Background imageCigar Collection: Winston Churchill, 1942 (b/w photo)

Winston Churchill, 1942 (b/w photo)
2625260 Winston Churchill, 1942 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Winston Churchill as British war time prime minister 1942.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageCigar Collection: actor 1

actor 1
Roberto Franchini

Background imageCigar Collection: Arevik Martirosyan

Arevik Martirosyan

Background imageCigar Collection: Machette

Machette
Petri Damstén

Background imageCigar Collection: Streets of Havana, Cuba

Streets of Havana, Cuba
Dan Mirica

Background imageCigar Collection: Streets of Havana on rain, Cuba

Streets of Havana on rain, Cuba
Dan Mirica

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s/t
Carlos Lopes Franco

Background imageCigar Collection: vintage DJ

vintage DJ
mario grobenski - psychodaddy

Background imageCigar Collection: Time to Chill

Time to Chill
Model: Jake Mattila. Petri Damstén

Background imageCigar Collection: The Prince and his Comrades: Camp-Fire after Dinner in the Terai, 1876. Creator: Unknown

The Prince and his Comrades: Camp-Fire after Dinner in the Terai, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince [of Wales] and his Comrades: Camp-Fire after Dinner in the Terai, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India. Every night in camp a large fire of wood is lighted close to the mess-tent

Background imageCigar Collection: Cigar Smokers, mid 19th century. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller

Cigar Smokers, mid 19th century. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Cigar Smokers, mid 19th century. Miller sets the scene of this comical sketch with this caption: "Lady of the mansion gives strict orders that there is to be no drinking or smoking at her

Background imageCigar Collection: A Dandy, c1859. Creator: John McLenan

A Dandy, c1859. Creator: John McLenan
A Dandy, c1859

Background imageCigar Collection: Selfportrait, 1882. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn

Selfportrait, 1882. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Selfportrait, 1882

Background imageCigar Collection: The Prince of Wales in the Terai: the camp fire after dinner...1876. Creator: Unknown

The Prince of Wales in the Terai: the camp fire after dinner...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in the Terai: the camp fire after dinner, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India

Background imageCigar Collection: Julius Caspar, Merchant, 1904. Creator: Sven Richard Bergh

Julius Caspar, Merchant, 1904. Creator: Sven Richard Bergh
Julius Caspar, Merchant, 1904

Background imageCigar Collection: 'The House on Fire on Christmas Eve', 1860. Creator: Joseph Swain

"The House on Fire on Christmas Eve", 1860. Creator: Joseph Swain
"The House on Fire on Christmas Eve", 1860. You had better ride on, for you get nothing in my house, Mr. Twister!'

Background imageCigar Collection: Costumes de Différents Pays, Homme du Brabant, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur

Costumes de Différents Pays, Homme du Brabant, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Homme du Brabant, c1797

Background imageCigar Collection: Nous voilà...réunies pour écrire le premier numéro.. 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier

Nous voilà...réunies pour écrire le premier numéro.. 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Nous voila...reunies pour ecrire le premier numero.. 1844. Nous voila donc reunies pour ecrire le premier numero de notre journal..."Le Sans Culotte litteraire...qu'est ce nous allons

Background imageCigar Collection: Aron Johansson (1860-1936), architect, watercolourist, member of the Academy of Fine Arts... 1886

Aron Johansson (1860-1936), architect, watercolourist, member of the Academy of Fine Arts... 1886
Aron Johansson (1860-1936), architect, watercolourist, member of the Academy of Fine Arts, married to 1. Clara Herfordt, 2. Ulrika Elisabeth Ullman, 1886

Background imageCigar Collection: Boy secretly takes a puff of a cigar held by a man looking at sheet music, c.1900-c.1950

Boy secretly takes a puff of a cigar held by a man looking at sheet music, c.1900-c.1950. Creator: Mat
Boy secretly takes a puff of a cigar held by a man looking at sheet music, c.1900-c.1950. A Quiet Draw - barefoot street urchin on an accordion and bowler-hatted man

Background imageCigar Collection: Boy secretly takes a puff of a cigar held by a man looking at books, c.1900-c.1950. Creator: Mat

Boy secretly takes a puff of a cigar held by a man looking at books, c.1900-c.1950. Creator: Mat
Boy secretly takes a puff of a cigar held by a man looking at books, c.1900-c.1950. A Quiet Draw - barefoot street urchin and top-hatted man

Background imageCigar Collection: A Postprandial Scene at Manilla, 1857. Creator: Unknown

A Postprandial Scene at Manilla, 1857. Creator: Unknown
A Postprandial Scene at Manilla, 1857. Colonial types relaxing. Postprandial enjoyment is the true representation of the dolce far niente of fraternal residents in Manilla

Background imageCigar Collection: Panguingui (Card-Playing) in Manilla, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Panguingui (Card-Playing) in Manilla, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Panguingui (Card-Playing) in Manilla, [Philippines], 1857. Engraving of a...Sketch of a Card-party - or, as card-playing is here called, Panguingui; the parties being given in little bamboo huts

Background imageCigar Collection: Van der Beijl, 1820-1830. Creator: Anon

Van der Beijl, 1820-1830. Creator: Anon
Van der Beijl, 1820-1830. Van der Beijl in uniform of soldier of the grenadiers: grey trousers with red stripe, blue jacket with red cuffs and epaulettes, black hat with red plume

Background imageCigar Collection: The Recent Deep Snow in Massachusetts: street in New Bedford, 1857. Creator: Unknown

The Recent Deep Snow in Massachusetts: street in New Bedford, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Recent Deep Snow in Massachusetts: street in New Bedford, [USA], 1857. Not for twenty-five years has this part of the country been visited

Background imageCigar Collection: Gentlemen playing cards in cafe, 1875-1934. Creator: Isaac Lazerus Israels

Gentlemen playing cards in cafe, 1875-1934. Creator: Isaac Lazerus Israels
Gentlemen playing cards in cafe, 1875-1934

Background imageCigar Collection: The cat at play, c.1860-c.1878. Creator: Henriette Ronner

The cat at play, c.1860-c.1878. Creator: Henriette Ronner
The cat at play, c.1860-c.1878

Background imageCigar Collection: Store of Chas. W. Seymour, Plattsburg, N.Y, between 1895 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Store of Chas. W. Seymour, Plattsburg, N.Y, between 1895 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Store of Chas. W. Seymour, Plattsburg, N.Y, between 1895 and 1910

Background imageCigar Collection: Unidentified man, standing outdoors, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Unidentified man, standing outdoors, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Unidentified man, standing outdoors, between 1896 and 1942

Background imageCigar Collection: Defrees, Joseph Holton, of Chicago, Vice President of Chamber of Commerce of U.S... 1918

Defrees, Joseph Holton, of Chicago, Vice President of Chamber of Commerce of U.S... 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Joseph Holton Defrees of Chicago, Vice President of Chamber of Commerce of U.S. Left, with F.A. Seilberling, 1918. Frank Seiberling co-founded the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Background imageCigar Collection: Commr. George N. Peek, Finished Products Div. War Industries Board, 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Commr. George N. Peek, Finished Products Div. War Industries Board, 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Commr. George N
Commr. George Nelson Peek, Finished Products Div. War Industries Board, 1918. Economist, business executive, civil servant

Background imageCigar Collection: St. Goar, Mr. portrait photograph, ca. 1912. Creator: Arnold Genthe

St. Goar, Mr. portrait photograph, ca. 1912. Creator: Arnold Genthe
St. Goar, Mr. portrait photograph, ca. 1912

Background imageCigar Collection: Benjamin Franklin Shiveley, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Benjamin Franklin Shiveley, 1913

Benjamin Franklin Shiveley, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Benjamin Franklin Shiveley, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Benjamin F. Shively, 1913. Rep. 1884-1885, 1887-1893; U.S. Senator for Indiana 1909-1916

Background imageCigar Collection: Yeats, William Butler, Mr. and John Quinn, portrait photograph, 1914 Mar. 31. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Yeats, William Butler, Mr. and John Quinn, portrait photograph, 1914 Mar. 31. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Yeats, William Butler, Mr. and John Quinn, portrait photograph, 1914 Mar. 31

Background imageCigar Collection: Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles, U.S.A. G.A.R. Veteran, Gettysburg Reunion, 1913

Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles, U.S.A. G.A.R. Veteran, Gettysburg Reunion, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles, U.S.Army Grand Army of the Republic Veteran, Gettysburg Reunion, 1913

Background imageCigar Collection: General James B. Burbank, portrait photograph, 1918 Dec. 9. Creator: Arnold Genthe

General James B. Burbank, portrait photograph, 1918 Dec. 9. Creator: Arnold Genthe
General James B. Burbank, portrait photograph, 1918 Dec. 9

Background imageCigar Collection: Bohemian Club Grove scene, between 1896 and 1911. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Bohemian Club Grove scene, between 1896 and 1911. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Bohemian Club Grove scene, between 1896 and 1911

Background imageCigar Collection: Bohemian Club Grove scene, between 1896 and 1911. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Bohemian Club Grove scene, between 1896 and 1911. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Bohemian Club Grove scene, between 1896 and 1911

Background imageCigar Collection: The Author Sophus Schandorph, 1895. Creator: Peder Severin Kroyer

The Author Sophus Schandorph, 1895. Creator: Peder Severin Kroyer
The Author Sophus Schandorph, 1895

Background imageCigar Collection: La Buvette, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

La Buvette, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
La Buvette, 19th century. Exhibition. The Cafe. Rendezvous of real lovers of French sculpture and of Bavarian beer

Background imageCigar Collection: Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Note boy smoking cigar

Background imageCigar Collection: His first cigar, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe

His first cigar, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
His first cigar, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906




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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.