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  • A wife asking her drunkard husband to hand over a bottle of alcoholic drink. Lithograph by B. Chavannaz, ca. 1920.
  • A wife asking her drunkard husband to hand over a bottle of alcoholic drink. Lithograph by B. Chavannaz, ca. 1920.
  • A wife asking her drunkard husband to hand over a bottle of alcoholic drink. Lithograph by B. Chavannaz, ca. 1920.
  • A wife asking her drunkard husband to hand over a bottle of alcoholic drink. Lithograph by B. Chavannaz, ca. 1920.
  • A boy points to another who drinks alcohol: National campaign against drug abuse in Kenya. Colour lithograph by NACADA, ca. 2000.
  • A drunken man beating his wife while the children try to stop him; a warning against the effects of alcohol. Lithograph.
  • A drunken man beating his wife while the children try to stop him; a warning against the effects of alcohol. Lithograph.
  • A drunken man beating his wife while the children try to stop him; a warning against the effects of alcohol. Lithograph.
  • Bottles labelled with humorous quotations comparing healthy lifestyle with excessive drinking; representing consequences of alcohol abuse. Colour lithograph by Pekárek, 1952.
  • An alcoholic man with delirium tremens on his deathbed, surrounded by his terrified family. Colour lithograph after E. Burnand, ca. 1900 (?).
  • A bottle of alcoholic drink with a red flag attached to it; advertising the danger of driving after drinking. Colour lithograph, 193-.
  • A priest in Russia admitting to a woman from his congregation that his real religion is alcohol rather than the church. Watercolour, 195-.
  • A priest in Russia admitting to a woman from his congregation that his real religion is alcohol rather than the church. Watercolour, 195-.
  • A priest in Russia admitting to a woman from his congregation that his real religion is alcohol rather than the church. Watercolour, 195-.
  • A patient alarmed at his doctor's request that he abstain from alcohol for a month. Reproduction of a drawing after F. Reynolds, 1925.
  • A woman and her three children abstaining from alcohol; representing the Swiss league of women abstainers. Colour lithograph after M. Goetz, 1905 (?).
  • Professor Yandell Henderson testifying before a U.S. Senate subcommittee that beers containing 3-4% alcohol by volume were not intoxicating. Photograph, 1932.
  • Head of an intoxicated man raging against his wife, showing a reason for a week of opposition to alcohol. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1923.
  • A patient dismayed at his doctor's advice not to drink any alcohol while recovering from a cold. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1875.
  • A man at a arrack (a strong alcoholic drink) shop, whilst a couple talk to each other behind him. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • A pink elephant drinking a glass of wine advertising an alcohol helpline. Colour lithograph after L. Munnik for Nationaal Instituut voor Gezondheidsbevordering en Ziektepreventie, 2000.
  • The question "Waiter, where can I have a puke?" advertising a quiz on alcohol abuse. Colour lithograph by Nationaal Instituut voor Gezondheidsbevordering en Ziektepreventie, 2000.
  • A man eating a meal, taking medication, avoiding alcohol and monitoring blood sugar: avoiding Hypoglycaemia in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A man eating a meal, taking medication, avoiding alcohol and monitoring blood sugar: avoiding Hypoglycaemia in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A bottle of liquor pointing a finger at a devil; representing alcohol as a cause of delirium tremens. Colour lithograph after I.A. Vol'nova, 1984.
  • The question "I am full ... and how are you?" advertising a quiz on alcohol abuse. Colour lithograph by Nationaal Instituut voor Gezondheidsbevordering en Ziektepreventie, 2000.
  • A multiple-choice question about the harmful effects of beer advertising a quiz on alcohol abuse. Colour lithograph by Nationaal Instituut voor Gezondheidsbevordering en Ziektepreventie, 2000.
  • 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 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 group of merry, dancing former invalids discarding their medicines in favour of alcohol as a cure. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt, 1827, after T. Lane.