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Bars (Drinking establishments)

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  • 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.
  • The workplace of a shoemender next to a tavern: the shoemender has gone next door for a drink in the company of the barman. Lithograph by N.L. Delaunois, 1832, after E.J. Pigal.
  • 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 rent-boy leans against a bar holding a glass with a message endorsing safe sex. Colour lithograph for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V., 199-.
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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.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Reference: 26831i
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    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.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Date: 1 November 1813 | Reference: 24833i
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    Royal Baths, York Hotel, Stocker & Longmore's New Baths, York Terrace, Sidmouth, Devon. Tinted aquatint.

    | Date: 20 June 1820 | Reference: 22805i
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    Contrasts in drinking of alcoholic beverages: a tavern from 1553 is contrasted with a gin-palace of 1847, temperance with drunkenness, and luxury with poverty. Lithograph by Luke Limner (John Leighton).

    Limner, Luke, 1822-1912. | Date: [1847] | Reference: 35846i
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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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