Wellcome uses cookies.

Read our policy
Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
196 results
  • A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A drunken Doctor Drainbarrel is placed in a wheelbarrow and carted home from the inn. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • Two peasants sit at a table as a third man vomits on the floor. Etching by D. Deuchar, c. 1784, after A. van Ostade (?).
  • A partly blurred image of a woman sitting at a table in a bar with a glass of wine as a man puts his arm around while holding up a condom packet to their companions; an advertisement for safe sex by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by R. Warzecha, M. Jahreiss and D. Pusch.
  • A drunken farmer is brought home where he is met by his wife and various farm animals. Engraving, c. 1750 (?).
  • A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.
  • A fiddler plays in a tavern with a family drinking at one table and others in the background. Engraving by Ryland after R. Brakenburg.
  • A drunken man is arrested for killing his wife. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A man sits at a table with drink, pipe and tobacco; another looks on and grimaces. Etching by D. Deuchar after A. van Ostade (?).
  • A doctor reprimanding the drunkenness of the village grave-digger, who retorts that he does not criticise the doctor for his mistakes - which he has to bury. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1879.
  • Men and women in a dingy tavern smoking and drinking round a large barrel table. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after G. van Herp (?).
  • Three drunken men carousing round a kitchen table. Etching, c. 1836, after H. K. Browne [Phiz].
  • A peasant man sits on a tree stump vomiting and onlookers hold their noses, with an accompanying couplet. Etching, 17th century.
  • A priest in Russia admitting to a woman from his congregation that his real religion is alcohol rather than the church. Watercolour, 195-.
  • A man, glass in hand, sits at a table with food and drink. Wood-engraving, late 16th century.
  • The feet of a man with worn shoes stick out of a barrel full of chang'aa alcohol: preventing alcoholism among the poor in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 1997.
  • A sick man in Russia who thinks he is being helped to walk by a cigarette and a vodka bottle, whereas they are really false friends who are hindering him. Watercolour, 195-.
  • A maniacal man is visited in prison by his children, all ruined through his drinking habit. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • 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.
  • Four jovial gentlemen in a tavern, one holds a bowl to the face of his drunk companion. Mezzotint by Maucourt, c. 1764, after himself.
  • A drunken man sits at home with his family while bailiffs remove their furniture. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A lecherous old man leans over to a molest a woman who holds a bottle and drinking glass. Mezzotint by J. Smith, c. 1700, after A. van Ostade.
  • A drinking song set to music with an illustration of a drunken party. Engraving and etching by G. Bickham junior, 17--, after G. Monro and W. Hogarth.
  • A skeleton clutching a bottle labelled "Alcoholisme"; advertising an exhibition on alcohol abuse in the Hague, 1911. Lithograph, 1911, after F.M.
  • A drunken man returns home to his despairing wife and children. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • A man on a donkey and three drinkers toasting Bacchus: drinking song. Engraving and etching, 17--, after A.Corelli.
  • A drunken man sits at home with his family who must sell clothes to pay for his habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A drunken man sits at home with his family while bailiffs remove their furniture. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.