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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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Men of various nationalities surround a gentleman dressed in striped breeches holding a cane, as another man wearing a fez snoozes beside a glazed door marked 'conference'. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 1884.
Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.Date: June 7 1884Reference: 627431i
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People drinking in a gin palace; people consuming alcoholic drinks falling from a pile of barrels of liquor likened to the upas-tree. Line block (?) after G. Cruikshank, 1842.
George CruikshankDate: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 26293i
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A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
William HogarthDate: publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. 1 February 1751Reference: 26961i
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Specification of Frederick Grindlay Howard Woodward : medicine for the cure of dropsy.
Woodward, Frederick Grindlay Howard.Date: 1857
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Three women in a gin shop divert the landlady's attention while a match boy steals her money. Mezzotint, c. 1765.
Date: 1765Reference: 26888i
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Kranewitt : Untersuchungen zu den altdeutschen Übersetzungen des nordischen Wacholderbeertraktats / Sabine Kurschat-Fellinger.
Kurschat-Fellinger, Sabine, 1950-Date: 1983
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A lank old man at a bar asks a plump barmaid for a glass of gin (left); a man touches his forelock to a man wearing a uniform (right). Etching.
Reference: 35866i
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A gin palace as a "temple of Juniper", with other scenes illustrating puns. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
Charles Jameson GrantDate: 14 Feb 1834Reference: 640597i
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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.
Date: 29 September 1751Reference: 25932i
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A busy gin palace bar with customers buying drinks. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842.
George CruikshankDate: [1842]Reference: 26470i
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Gin, the skeleton spirit and demon of depravity!! A voice from the poison palaces!!! : addressed to the two Houses of the British legislature / by the author of 'The golden rules of life','Every body's friend', 'A book for the whole world', &c. &c.
Date: [1835?]
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Craze : gin and debauchery in an age of reason / Jessica Warner.
Jessica WarnerDate: 2003
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The school of sophisticated drinking : an intoxicating history of seven spirits / Kerstin Ehmer & Beate Hindermann ; foreword by Kevin Brauch ; with illustrations by Angela Dwyer ; [translated by] Jamie McIntosh.
Ehmer, Kerstin, 1965-Date: 2015
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A procession of publicans and a beggar following the coffin of Madam Geneva; attacking the Act preventing distillers from retailing or selling gin on unlicensed premises. Copper engraving plate, 1751.
Date: 1751Reference: 578558i
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The much-lamented death of Madam Geneva : the eighteenth-century gin craze / Patrick Dillon.
Patrick DillonDate: 2002
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Dedalus book of gin / Richard Barnett.
Barnett, RichardDate: 2011
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Putting the genie back into the bottle : gin, government & health in eighteenth century London / Christopher Andrews.
Andrews, ChristopherDate: 2003
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A lank old man at a bar asks a plump barmaid for a glass of gin. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1830Reference: 26930i
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A gin shop: an elegant young woman is selling gin to a group of paupers who are standing in a mantrap; the walls decorated with coffins; Death enters the room dressed as a nightwatchman. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1829.
George CruikshankDate: 1 November 1829Reference: 578909i
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A drunken man and woman lean against pillars leading to a giant distillery with attendant demon; miscellaneous characters round as border. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.
George CruikshankDate: 1833Reference: 26475i
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West Indian sugar-growers making gin for the British market at the expense of Scottish grain farmers. Aquatint by Samuel de Wilde, 1808.
Samuel De WildeDate: [1 July 1808]Reference: 38477i

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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).

Men of various nationalities surround a gentleman dressed in striped breeches holding a cane, as another man wearing a fez snoozes beside a glazed door marked 'conference'. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 1884.

People drinking in a gin palace; people consuming alcoholic drinks falling from a pile of barrels of liquor likened to the upas-tree. Line block (?) after G. Cruikshank, 1842.

A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

Specification of Frederick Grindlay Howard Woodward : medicine for the cure of dropsy.

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

Kranewitt : Untersuchungen zu den altdeutschen Übersetzungen des nordischen Wacholderbeertraktats / Sabine Kurschat-Fellinger.

A lank old man at a bar asks a plump barmaid for a glass of gin (left); a man touches his forelock to a man wearing a uniform (right). Etching.

A gin palace as a "temple of Juniper", with other scenes illustrating puns. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.

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 busy gin palace bar with customers buying drinks. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842.

Gin, the skeleton spirit and demon of depravity!! A voice from the poison palaces!!! : addressed to the two Houses of the British legislature / by the author of 'The golden rules of life','Every body's friend', 'A book for the whole world', &c. &c.

Craze : gin and debauchery in an age of reason / Jessica Warner.

The school of sophisticated drinking : an intoxicating history of seven spirits / Kerstin Ehmer & Beate Hindermann ; foreword by Kevin Brauch ; with illustrations by Angela Dwyer ; [translated by] Jamie McIntosh.

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

The much-lamented death of Madam Geneva : the eighteenth-century gin craze / Patrick Dillon.

Dedalus book of gin / Richard Barnett.

Putting the genie back into the bottle : gin, government & health in eighteenth century London / Christopher Andrews.

A lank old man at a bar asks a plump barmaid for a glass of gin. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A gin shop: an elegant young woman is selling gin to a group of paupers who are standing in a mantrap; the walls decorated with coffins; Death enters the room dressed as a nightwatchman. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1829.

A drunken man and woman lean against pillars leading to a giant distillery with attendant demon; miscellaneous characters round as border. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.

West Indian sugar-growers making gin for the British market at the expense of Scottish grain farmers. Aquatint by Samuel de Wilde, 1808.