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Description: | Portrait of five opium smokers arranged in a tableau with pipes and other impedimenta in a temporary studio by an unknown photographer taken in the early 1860s. Chandoo is a prepared extract of opium that was smoked in both India and China during the nineteenth century. Used for medicinal purposes, the opium industry was a government monopoly under the auspices of officials in Patna and Ghazipore. The main centre of production was Bihar. The opium manufactured at Patna was of two grades: Provision opium manufactured for export and Excise or Akbari opium intended for local consumption in India. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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