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Early illustration of 17th-century London's coffeehouse culture

Early illustration of 17th-century London's coffeehouse culture

Popkin
Feb 08, 2025
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17th c. woodcut (c. 1674, public domain)

Here's a woodcut illustration that has been regarded as the 'earliest known image of a coffeehouse'. This piece is from 1674 and was reproduced in William Harrison Ukers' book All About Coffee (1922). What I love about this image is that despite it being from a completely different era, the scene could easily be f…

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