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Drinking glasses

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  • A woman smoking a pipe and holding a drinking glass. Etching.
  • Men smoking, drinking and singing in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after E. van Heemskerk.
  • A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk.
  • Boer War: patients outside a military hospital gargling with antiseptic while being watched by three nurses. Halftone, c.1900, after F. de Haenen.
  • An old monk in his habit drinks from a large glass and waves with his left hand. Engraving.
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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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    A man sits on a stool smoking a pipe, behind a man relieves himself against the wall. Engraving by P. Chenu, 1754, after D. Teniers.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Date: [1754] | Reference: 24719i
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    A love-sick gentleman being advised by another to drink wine: a drinking song. Engraving and etching, 17--.

    Vincent, Richard, approximately 1701?-1783. | Reference: 26268i
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    Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.

    | Date: 1794 | Reference: 24851i
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    A man, glass in hand, sits at a table with food and drink. Wood-engraving, late 16th century.

    | Reference: 26529i
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