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Images about Alcoholics

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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.
  • 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.
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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.

    David Teniers the Younger | Reference: 26831i
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    Barnabies summons : or, Paie your groat in the morning.

    | Date: [1652]
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    Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.

    Adriaen van Ostade | Reference: 26303i
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    A raving maniac with a bottle and a drivelling fool with a glass. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842, after himself.

    George Cruikshank | Date: [1842] | Reference: 26468i
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    Men drinking, vomiting and collapsing around a tavern table. Etching by J. Le Poutre, 17th century, after himself.

    Le Poutre, Jean-A., active 1680. | Reference: 26311i
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Related topics

Alcoholism
Alcohol Drinking
Drinking glasses
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Taverns (Inns)
Hotels
Drinking vessels
Pitchers
Alcoholic Beverages
Smoking Pipes

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