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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.

A wife asking her drunkard husband to hand over a bottle of alcoholic drink. Lithograph by B. Chavannaz, ca. 1920.

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

Noah, drunk and naked, being covered in a garment by his sons, Shem and Japheth; with a border of naked men holding medallions. Halftone after Michelangelo.

An employee is caught neglecting his work as he drinks and plays skittles. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.

Forms of misbehaviour, drunkeness, debauchery, and violence among Sikhs. Coloured transfer lithograph.

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

A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.

A man drinking in a tavern in the company of figures representing poverty and death induced by alcohol. Colour lithograph by J.-J. Waltz (Hansi), 1905.

A drunken man sits at home with his family who must pawn their clothes to pay for his habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

Alkoholismus und Arbeiterfrage / von H. Herkner.

A man in his office is confronted by an innkeepr who presents him with a wine bill, in the presence of other men. Wood engraving.

Smoking and drinking / by James Parton.

Woman of substances :  a journey into drugs, alcohol and treatment / Jenny Valentish.

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).

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Alkoholismus und Arbeiterfrage / von H. Herkner.

A man in his office is confronted by an innkeepr who presents him with a wine bill, in the presence of other men. Wood engraving.

Smoking and drinking / by James Parton.

Woman of substances : a journey into drugs, alcohol and treatment / Jenny Valentish.

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).