Place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food

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.

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.

An itinerant vendor advertising his 'sales show' in a square of town. Wood engraving after F. Gilbert.

A drunken scene in a gin shop with children being given alcohol. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Phrenological properties of drawing: colour, form, space, order. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826.

Customers drink and smoke in a spirit shop in South Africa. Wood engraving, c. 1877.

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

Malvern, Great Malvern, Worcestershire: with a plan of the town. Lithograph.

Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London, in 1841. Wood engraving.

The interior of a dingy smoke den where groups of men smoke, drink and play cards. Engraving by F. del Pedro, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.

A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

Two peasants in a dingy ale-house; one sleeps on a bench and the other urinates in a bucket. Engraving by J. Groensveld after A. Brouwer.

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.

1 print : engraving, with stipple ; image 28.3 x 26.5 cm

Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

1 print : aquatint ; platemark 12.5 x 19.6 cm

Royal Baths, York Hotel, Stocker & Longmore's New Baths, York Terrace, Sidmouth, Devon. Tinted aquatint.

1 print : wood engraving ; image 8 x 10 cm

St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London: the north side. Wood engraving.

1 print : mezzotint ; image 40.9 x 33.9 cm

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.

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Taverns (Inns)

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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.

Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

Royal Baths, York Hotel, Stocker & Longmore's New Baths, York Terrace, Sidmouth, Devon. Tinted aquatint.

St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London: the north side. Wood engraving.

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.

Taverns (Inns)

Images from the collections

Images referencing Taverns (Inns)

Works from the collections

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.

Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

Royal Baths, York Hotel, Stocker & Longmore's New Baths, York Terrace, Sidmouth, Devon. Tinted aquatint.

St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London: the north side. Wood engraving.

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.

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