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.

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

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

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 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.

Drunken sailors round a table cheering and throwing their hats in the air as a man with a wooden leg recounts the Battle of the Nile. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank.

An old monk in his habit drinks from a large glass and waves with his left hand. Engraving.

A man standing in a law court vows to reform to temperance. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.

A drunken man fights with his family, all ruined through his drinking habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

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.

1 print : etching ; platemark 25.4 x 18.6 cm

Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image and text 12.8 x 10.3 cm.

A raving maniac with a bottle and a drivelling fool with a glass. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842, after himself.

Men drinking, vomiting and collapsing around a tavern table. Etching by J. Le Poutre, 17th century, after himself.

A man, glass in hand, sits at a table with food and drink. Wood-engraving, late 16th century.

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Alcoholics

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Images referencing Alcoholics

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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.

Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.

A raving maniac with a bottle and a drivelling fool with a glass. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842, after himself.

Men drinking, vomiting and collapsing around a tavern table. Etching by J. Le Poutre, 17th century, after himself.

A man, glass in hand, sits at a table with food and drink. Wood-engraving, late 16th century.

Alcoholics

Images from the collections

Images referencing Alcoholics

Works from the collections

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.

Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.

A raving maniac with a bottle and a drivelling fool with a glass. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842, after himself.

Men drinking, vomiting and collapsing around a tavern table. Etching by J. Le Poutre, 17th century, after himself.

A man, glass in hand, sits at a table with food and drink. Wood-engraving, late 16th century.

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