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Images from the collections

Images about Hotels

129 images from works
  • 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.
  • Five men gather round a table to play cards, drink and smoke in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • An itinerant vendor advertising his 'sales show' in a square of town. Wood engraving after F. Gilbert.
  • A drunken scene in a gin shop with children being given alcohol. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Customers drink and smoke in a spirit shop in South Africa. Wood engraving, c. 1877.
  • Men smoking, drinking and singing in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after E. van Heemskerk.
  • Malvern, Great Malvern, Worcestershire: with a plan of the town. Lithograph.
  • The interior of a dingy smoke den where groups of men smoke, drink and play cards. Engraving by F. del Pedro, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • Two peasants in a dingy ale-house; one sleeps on a bench and the other urinates in a bucket. Engraving by J. Groensveld after A. Brouwer.
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Works from the collections

199 works

    • Ephemera

    Mind body soul : My skin looks great, my body feels fantastic, and I've finally got my head together... / Champneys.

    | Date: [2003?]
    • Pictures
    • Online

    The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

    | David Teniers the Younger | Reference: 26831i
    • Ephemera

    The "Wieliczka" Salt Mine Health Resort : health resort ... treatment stays ... medical services / The "Wieliczka" Salt Mine Health Resort.

    | Date: [2013?]
    • Ephemera

    Back pain relief health spa holidays : with Azlza Travel - nourishing health and spa holidays / Azlza Travel.

    | Date: 2013
    • Ephemera

    The Callander and Trossachs Hydropathic, Callander : Stayed here from the 30 July to 20 Aug't 1891...

    | Date: 1891
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Related topics

Taverns (Inns)
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Alcohol Drinking
Health Resorts
17th century
Pitchers
Smoking
Smoking Pipes
Tobacco Smoking
Alcoholics

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