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Men smoking, drinking and singing in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after E. van Heemskerk.

Three men carousing beneath a mulberry tree, with verses of a song comparing the life of humans to the life of a tree. Etching after I. Cruikshank, 1808.

A love-sick gentleman being advised by another to drink wine: a drinking song. Engraving and etching, 17--.

A man on a donkey and three drinkers toasting Bacchus: drinking song. Engraving and etching, 17--, after A.Corelli.

Members of the Noble Order of Bucks drinking and smoking. Engraving and etching, c. 1756.

A drinking song set to music with an illustration of a drunken party. Engraving and etching by G. Bickham junior, 17--, after G. Monro and W. Hogarth.

The first verse of a poem entitled, "Rheinweinlied", surrounded by an ornamental design with a large wine glass. Etching, 1842.

Captain Morris's drinking song illustrated by five men at a table drinking. Engraving and etching, 1806.

A woman holding a songbook (left) and a man holding a glass (right) are singing to the accompaniment of a man playing the violin. Etching  after A. van Ostade.

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Drinking songs

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Images about Drinking songs

Works from the collections

A love-sick gentleman being advised by another to drink wine: a drinking song. Engraving and etching, 17--.

The first verse of a poem entitled, "Rheinweinlied", surrounded by an ornamental design with a large wine glass. Etching, 1842.

A drinking song set to music with an illustration of a drunken party. Engraving and etching by G. Bickham junior, 17--, after G. Monro and W. Hogarth.

A woman holding a songbook (left) and a man holding a glass (right) are singing to the accompaniment of a man playing the violin. Etching after A. van Ostade.

Members of the Noble Order of Bucks drinking and smoking. Engraving and etching, c. 1756.

Drinking songs

Images from the collections

Images about Drinking songs

Works from the collections

A love-sick gentleman being advised by another to drink wine: a drinking song. Engraving and etching, 17--.

The first verse of a poem entitled, "Rheinweinlied", surrounded by an ornamental design with a large wine glass. Etching, 1842.

A drinking song set to music with an illustration of a drunken party. Engraving and etching by G. Bickham junior, 17--, after G. Monro and W. Hogarth.

A woman holding a songbook (left) and a man holding a glass (right) are singing to the accompaniment of a man playing the violin. Etching after A. van Ostade.

Members of the Noble Order of Bucks drinking and smoking. Engraving and etching, c. 1756.

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