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Concept

Alcohol

Images

  • Three women in a gin shop divert the landlady's attention while a match boy steals her money. Mezzotint, c. 1765.
  • A drunken scene in a gin shop with children being given alcohol. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Brain and nerve cells in their healthy state and after injury by alcohol. Colour lithograph, ca. 1920.
  • South Africa: Zulu women brewing beer. Coloured lithograph by G.F. Angas, 1849.
  • Three men handing out wine from a high wooden structure to a drunken hoard clutching large jugs, etc. Aquatint, c. 1822.
  • A woman in a short polka dot skirt leans back as a man standing in front of her grabs her hands in the act of making love; one of a series of AIDS prevention advertisements for Swedish addiction support groups including the AIDS delegation, the Federation of alcohol and drug awareness, Youth Federation and Soldiers Against Drugs. Colour lithograph by Rex, 1992.
  • A man and woman kiss while sitting in shallow sea water; one of a series of AIDS prevention advertisements for Swedish addiction support groups including the AIDS delegation, the Federation of alcohol and drug awareness, Youth Federation and Soldiers Against Drugs. Colour lithograph by Gamma, 1992.
  • Two blurred figures with a warning about the risk of drug abuse and AIDS in Spanish; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • An Indian man selling alcohol to a couple. Gouache drawing.
  • An American woman preaching Prohibition to a crowd of well-dressed American citizens. Colour lithograph, 192-.
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Catalogue

    • Books
    • Online

    Alcohol in commerce and industry / by Charles Simmonds.

    Simmonds, Charles, 1861-1922. | Date: [1922]
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC) (part 1)

    | Date: 1973-1994 | Reference: SA/DRS/D/3
    Part of: DrugScope
    • Archives and manuscripts

    DAWN (Drugs Alcohol Women Nationally)

    | Date: 1981-1985 | Reference: SA/DRS/B/1/119
    Part of: DrugScope
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Substudies, 1974

    | Date: 1974 | Reference: SA/DRS/D/2/7
    Part of: DrugScope
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Ninth Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting

    | Date: 1989 | Reference: SA/DRS/L/254
    Part of: DrugScope
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