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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.

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

Hong Kong: distillery and china sugar refinery at East Point, c. 1871. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Interior of a distilling laboratory with five people at work. Coloured engraving by M. Engelbrecht's workshop, c. 1720.

We offer you the products of skilled chemistry in our own laboratories... /cManchester Chemical Co. Ltd.

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

Chemistry: an industrial distillery, in Scotland (?). Engraving, early 19th century.

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.

Processing of tea (?) (Camellia sinensis) in China: one man carries a tray of leaves towards the oven for firing, while another rests and takes tea. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.

The interior of a distillery, with a man seated on a chair smoking a pipe; various objects hanging on the wall. Wash drawing, ca. 1830.

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We offer you the products of skilled chemistry in our own laboratories... /cManchester Chemical Co. Ltd.

The interior of a distillery, with a man seated on a chair smoking a pipe; various objects hanging on the wall. Wash drawing, ca. 1830.

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

Hong Kong: distillery and china sugar refinery at East Point, c. 1871. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

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