Preparation and service of alcoholic or soft drink beverages behind a bar

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A lank old man at a bar asks a plump barmaid for a glass of gin. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A pretty barmaid mixing a drink in a glass. Coloured lithograph, c. 1825.

Elinour Rummin, a well known landlady of an ale-house. Line engraving.

An obliging barmaid drawing beer. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1833.

A Dutch country tavern with six men drinking and smoking at a table and others by the bar. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 1836, after A. van Ostade, 1663.

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Bartending

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Images referencing Bartending

Works from the collections

A pretty barmaid mixing a drink in a glass. Coloured lithograph, c. 1825.

Elinour Rummin, a well known landlady of an ale-house. Line engraving.

An obliging barmaid drawing beer. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1833.

A lank old man at a bar asks a plump barmaid for a glass of gin. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A Dutch country tavern with six men drinking and smoking at a table and others by the bar. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 1836, after A. van Ostade, 1663.

Bartending

Images from the collections

Images referencing Bartending

Works from the collections

A pretty barmaid mixing a drink in a glass. Coloured lithograph, c. 1825.

Elinour Rummin, a well known landlady of an ale-house. Line engraving.

An obliging barmaid drawing beer. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1833.

A lank old man at a bar asks a plump barmaid for a glass of gin. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A Dutch country tavern with six men drinking and smoking at a table and others by the bar. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 1836, after A. van Ostade, 1663.

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