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  • Men sitting at a table in a garden outside a tavern, smoking and drinking as a young woman joins in the conversation. Mezzotint by William Ward, 1802, after George Morland.
  • Lawyers drinking or already drunk in a public house. Etching after Phiz (Hablot K. Browne), 1845.
  • One man punches another in a drunken tavern brawl, two others shout encouragement. Engraving by J. Levasseur after A. Brouwer.
  • Two peasants in a dingy ale-house; one sleeps on a bench and the other urinates in a bucket. Engraving by J. Groensveld after A. Brouwer.
  • Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a tavern or hot-food shop (thermopolium) from the 3rd century AD. Photograph by Anderson, 192-.
  • Leamington Spa, Warwickshire: Clemens Street, Blenheim Hotel. Etching, 1822.
  • Malvern Wells, Great Malvern, Worcestershire. Line engraving.
  • A drunken Doctor Drainbarrel is placed in a wheelbarrow and carted home from the inn. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • A drunken Doctor Drainbarrel is placed in a wheelbarrow and carted home from the inn. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • Malvern, Great Malvern, Worcestershire: with a plan of the town. Lithograph.
  • A drunken brawl in a tavern with men shouting encouragement. Wood engraving by J.-B.C. Carbonneau after A. Brouwer.
  • A drunken man begs in the street with his family, all ruined through his drinking habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • Malvern, Great Malvern, Worcestershire: with a plan of the town. Lithograph.
  • Royal Baths, York Hotel, Stocker & Longmore's New Baths, York Terrace, Sidmouth, Devon. Tinted aquatint.
  • Matlock Bath, Derbyshire: from the Old Bath Terrace. Aquatint by H. Moore, 1831, after himself.
  • Matlock Bath, Derbyshire: the Old Bath Hotel. Aquatint by H. Moore after himself, 1830.
  • An opium den in London's East End with a reclining smoker being watched by a group of men. Wood engraving by A. Doms, 1872, after G. Doré.
  • A doctor examining a man's tongue in a country tavern. Etching by H. Smith, 1858.
  • Great Malvern, Worcestershire. Lithograph.
  • Leamington Spa, Warwickshire: the Parades and Regent Hotel. Steel engraving by J.J. Hinchcliff, 1844, after J. Brandard.
  • A lank old man at a bar asks a plump barmaid for a glass of gin. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A French tavern with men at a table in the open air drinking a toast to good health. Lithograph by F. Noël after L. Boilly, 1826.
  • A busy gin palace bar with customers buying drinks. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842.
  • People playing a game of skittles (bowling) in the garden of an inn, as others sit on the grass drinking, smoking and chatting. Engraving by E. de Ghendt after J. Steen.
  • The North Euston Hotel and Baths, Fleetwood-on-Wyre, Lancashire. Steel engraving.
  • A guitar player in a dingy tavern with a woman holding a song-sheet and a man with glass by his side. Lithograph after D. Teniers (?).
  • Two men entertain the deaf and dumb in sign language at the Freemason's Tavern. Wood engraving.
  • Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a tavern or hot-food shop (thermopolium) from the 3rd century AD: a fresco depicting vegetables, wine and fruit, seen from the front; marble steps descend below. Photograph after G.E. Chauffourier, 1928.
  • Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a tavern or hot-food shop (thermopolium) from the 3rd century AD: a fresco depicting vegetables, wine and fruit, seen from the front; marble steps descend below. Photograph.
  • Women eject a drunk and publican from a bar in a crusade against drunkenness. Wood-engraving by A. Joliet, c. 1875, after Castelli.