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Drinking customs

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Images from the collections

Images about Drinking customs

6 images from works
  • Three men handing out wine from a high wooden structure to a drunken hoard clutching large jugs, etc. Aquatint, c. 1822.
  • A French tavern with men at a table in the open air drinking a toast to good health. Lithograph by F. Noël after L. Boilly, 1826.
  • A gathering at the ceremonial drinking of kava and obeisance to the king in Tongatapu, Tonga. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Six fashionable young men carousing round a table as a serving man opens another bottle of ale. Engraving, c. 1796.
  • A gathering at the ceremonial drinking of kava in the Friendly Islands. Lithograph by A. Noël after L.A. de Sainson.
  • Captain Morris's drinking song illustrated by five men at a table drinking. Engraving and etching, 1806.

Works from the collections

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    The spirits of America : a social history of alcohol / Eric Burns.

    Eric Burns | Date: 2004
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    Essen und Trinken in Süddeutschland : das Regensburger St. Katharinenspital in der Frühen Neuzeit / Andreas Kühne.

    Kühne, Andreas, 1970- | Date: [2006]
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    Cups and their customs.

    Porter Henry M.D. of Peterborough. | Date: 1863
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    Of drinking in remembrance of the dead . Being the substance of a discourse deliver'd to the clergy of the diocese of Cork, on the fourth of November, 1713. By the Bishop of that diocese. And publish'd at their unanimous request.

    Browne, Peter, ca. 1666-1735. | Date: MDCCXV. [1715]
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    Drink : a cultural history of alcohol / Iain Gately.

    Iain Gately | Date: [2008]
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Related topics

Alcohol Drinking
Alcoholic Beverages
Liquors
United Kingdom
Drinking cups
Drinking songs
Alcoholics
Alcoholism
Food habits - History
Temperance

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