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A lecherous drinker sits with a girl at a barrel table in a dingy tavern. Engraving by P. Canot, c. 1756, after D. Teniers, the younger.

A wife asking her drunkard husband to hand over a bottle of alcoholic drink. Lithograph by B. Chavannaz, ca. 1920.

Liranol : clorhidrato de promacina "Wyeth" para tratamientos de alcoholicos, picopatas y narcomanos agitados / Laboratorios Wyeth Interamericanos Inc.

A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

Noah, drunk and naked, being covered in a garment by his sons, Shem and Japheth; with a border of naked men holding medallions. Halftone after Michelangelo.

An employee is caught neglecting his work as he drinks and plays skittles. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.

Forms of misbehaviour, drunkeness, debauchery, and violence among Sikhs. Coloured transfer lithograph.

A drunken scene in a gin shop with children being given alcohol. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.

A man drinking in a tavern in the company of figures representing poverty and death induced by alcohol. Colour lithograph by J.-J. Waltz (Hansi), 1905.

A drunken man sits at home with his family who must pawn their clothes to pay for his habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk.

Alkoholismus und Arbeiterfrage / von H. Herkner.

A man in his office is confronted by an innkeepr who presents him with a wine bill, in the presence of other men. Wood engraving.

Smoking and drinking / by James Parton.

Woman of substances : a journey into drugs, alcohol and treatment / Jenny Valentish.

Barnabies summons : or, Paie your groat in the morning.

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Alcoholism

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Images referencing Alcoholism

Works from the collections

Alkoholismus und Arbeiterfrage / von H. Herkner.

A man in his office is confronted by an innkeepr who presents him with a wine bill, in the presence of other men. Wood engraving.

Smoking and drinking / by James Parton.

Woman of substances : a journey into drugs, alcohol and treatment / Jenny Valentish.

Barnabies summons : or, Paie your groat in the morning.

Alcoholism

Images from the collections

Images referencing Alcoholism

Works from the collections

Alkoholismus und Arbeiterfrage / von H. Herkner.

A man in his office is confronted by an innkeepr who presents him with a wine bill, in the presence of other men. Wood engraving.

Smoking and drinking / by James Parton.

Woman of substances : a journey into drugs, alcohol and treatment / Jenny Valentish.

Barnabies summons : or, Paie your groat in the morning.

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