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  • A man lies drunk in his chair, his last glass of drink fallen from his hand. Lithograph by Lamy, c. 1860, after Villain.
  • Oswald Beutelschmidt, an innkeeper holding a tankard and a dish of food. Engraving by J.F. Leonart, 1671.
  • A group of drinkers are disrupted by a water pump telling them to take only "the pledge". Etching, c. 1844, after G. Cruikshank.
  • A drunkard sits on a barrel spilling drink from a jug and glass. Etching by R. Blyth after P. J. de Loutherbourg.
  • A man looking out of a window, holding a pipe, exhaling tobacco smoke. Etching by D. Deuchar after A. van Ostade (?).
  • A drunkard sits on a barrel spilling drink from a jug and glass. Etching by R. Blyth after P. J. de Loutherbourg.
  • A man sits drinking at a table and is entertained by a fiddler as a woman holds his music open. Etching by D. Deuchar, 18th century, after A. van Ostade.
  • A woman and man sit at a table drinking as the man raises the bottle in his right hand. Lithograph, 19th century.
  • A drunken Silenus being helped to the base of a tree where lie female satyrs with their young. Etching by P. Soutman after P. P. Rubens.
  • An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. van Ostade.
  • An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Mezzotint by R. Purcell, late 18th century, after A. Brouwer.
  • An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Etching by D. Deuchar (?), 18th century, after A. van Ostade (?).
  • A woman sits drinking as a man sleeps with his head on the table beside her. Engraving by L. Duval, early 19th century, after a design by J. Wicar after G. Terburg.
  • Three men drinking in the light of a flame held by a boy. Aquatint by A. Bissell, c. 1800, after J. Trautmann.
  • Two men, one of them smoking a pipe. Wood-engraving.
  • A man sits filling his pipe by the fire, behind a man relieves himself against the wall. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid et filius after D. Teniers, the younger (?).
  • Two ladies indoors contemplate a house plant which is loosing its foliage. Mezzotint.
  • 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.
  • Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a begonia: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Men talking and smoking by the ruined Temple of Amun at Thebes. Coloured lithograph, c. 1849, by L. Haghe after D. Roberts.
  • 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 (?).
  • An innkeeper adds water to his wine as his customer, a baker, kisses the landlady. Engraving by J. Lagniet, ca. 1663.
  • A dingy tavern with backgammon players and an amorous couple observing a pregnant woman as she drinks. Mezzotint by J. Stolker after J. Steen.
  • A battle between British forces and the Continental American army: a man on a horse carrying a cutlass (George Washington?) is surrounded by other men, some carrying standards. Pencil and ink wash by H. Brueckner, 1874.
  • Men smoking and drinking outside a coffee shop in Cairo. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.
  • The interior of a tavern with men and women carousing at a table and children on the floor. Mezzotint, early 19th century, after A. van Ostade.
  • A man sits smoking by a fireplace with a jug on the floor beside him. Engraving, c. 1825.
  • A Dutch country tavern with a drinker being given encouragement, a group by the fire and a serving man chalking up orders. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 1836, after D. Teniers.
  • Three men handing out wine from a high wooden structure to a drunken hoard clutching large jugs, etc. Aquatint, c. 1822.
  • The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking round the fireplace. Etching by J. Taylor, c. 1800, after A. van Ostade.