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Drinking vessels

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Images from the collections

Images about Drinking vessels

107 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Gentlemen round a table at their club, smoking and drinking punch. Coloured mezzotint, late 18th century.
  • A 14th century silver drinking horn with explanatory text. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • An angel rescues Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness. Etching by E. Rooker after C. Le Brun.
  • 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.
  • A man with tankard in hand leans by a window. Mezzotint, early 19th century, after A. van Ostade.
  • Three men handing out wine from a high wooden structure to a drunken hoard clutching large jugs, etc. Aquatint, c. 1822.
  • Peasants sitting, smoking, outside an inn as the hostess pours a glass of ale. Engraving by J. Suyderhoff after A. van Ostade.

Works from the collections

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    Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1771, after D. Teniers the younger.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Date: Publish'd 23 Dec.r 1771 | Reference: 24736i
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    A man sits smoking by a fireplace with a jug on the floor beside him. Engraving, c. 1825.

    | Date: 1 September 1825 | Reference: 24845i
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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.

    Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685. | Reference: 26303i
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    Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.

    | Date: 1794 | Reference: 24851i
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    Hagar and Ishmael saved by an angel. Coloured mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1798, after J.S. Copley.

    Copley, John Singleton, 1737-1815. | Date: 2 July 1798 | Reference: 20805i

Related topics

Alcohol Drinking
Tobacco Smoking
Smoking Pipes
Pitchers
Clay tobacco pipes
Taverns (Inns)
Smoking
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Alcoholism
Alcoholics

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