The interior and exterior of a working brewhouse. Engraving, c. 1747.

Three women in a gin shop divert the landlady's attention while a match boy steals her money. Mezzotint, c. 1765.

A Chilean wine label illustrated with a large house and vineyard. Engraving, 19th century.

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

The distillery of Deacon Giles seen as the work of the Devil. Coloured wood-engraving after G. B. Cheever, ca. 1835.

Hop pickers at work. Wood-engraving, c. 1842 (?).

A procession of publicans and a beggar following the coffin of Madam Geneva; attacking the Act preventing distillers from retailing or selling gin to unlicensed premises. Engraving, 1751.

A triumphant American slave woman representing quassia (ingredient in acoholic drinks) is carried aloft by two brewers; representing the outcry against a tax on private brewing (?). Etching by J. Gillray, 1806.

An Indian man selling alcohol to a couple. Gouache drawing.

Horizontal and vertical sections through a porter brewery mash tun, and its constituent parts. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

A still house in a whiskey distillery. Wood engraving, late 19th century.

An appeal to the people for the suppression of the liquor traffic : a prize essay / by Rev. H.D. Kitchel.

1 print : chromolithograph ; image 30.5 x 47.2 cm

John Bull making hop-tea in front of a hop grower and his workers; representing adulteration of beer by brewers. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1890, after himself.

1 print : wood-engraving ; image and text 18.7 x 8.3 cm

A labelled plan and two sections through a London porter brewery. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

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An appeal to the people for the suppression of the liquor traffic : a prize essay / by Rev. H.D. Kitchel.

John Bull making hop-tea in front of a hop grower and his workers; representing adulteration of beer by brewers. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1890, after himself.

Hop pickers at work. Wood-engraving, c. 1842 (?).

Horizontal and vertical sections through a porter brewery mash tun, and its constituent parts. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

A labelled plan and two sections through a London porter brewery. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

Alcoholic beverage industry

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An appeal to the people for the suppression of the liquor traffic : a prize essay / by Rev. H.D. Kitchel.

John Bull making hop-tea in front of a hop grower and his workers; representing adulteration of beer by brewers. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1890, after himself.

Hop pickers at work. Wood-engraving, c. 1842 (?).

Horizontal and vertical sections through a porter brewery mash tun, and its constituent parts. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

A labelled plan and two sections through a London porter brewery. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

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