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  • Groups of men sitting at tables smoking and having a merry time: one man has fallen to the floor and spilled his tankard of ale. Etching by J. Barlow, 1790, after S. Collings.
  • A coachman holding a full tankard of beer in one hand and caressing a lady with the other; verses in Dutch, French and English below. Etching by J. Punt, 1756, after G. van der Myn.
  • A shoemaker sits on a bench with a tankard of ale in his hands, his tools are lying around him and a pair of shoes are on the window sill. Mezzotint by J. Dean, 1786.
  • People in a boxing club having a fist-fight: the chairman in the middle holds up a gavel, and a woman hits a man over the head with a tankard. Etching by J. Barlow, 1789, after S. Collings.
  • A couple sit in a slum dwelling playing a card game; the man is drinking from a tankard and washing is hanging from a line stretched across the room. Wood engraving by E. Landells after H.K. Browne.
  • A soldier, leaning against the window ledge of a prison window with a large empty flask on the ground, is conversing with a prisoner who is looking through the bars while holding a tankard in his hand. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
  • Two men are having a dispute over a card game, one man has raised his tankard and the table has been broken, one man flees from the room and another attempts to ease the situation. Engraving by G. Volpato after F. Maggiotto.
  • Five ornate German drinking vessels. Engraving by F. Fairholt, 19th century, after himself.
  • Tin-founders and pewterers making jugs, drinking vessels etc. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • An obliging barmaid drawing beer. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1833.
  • An obliging barmaid drawing beer. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1833.
  • A man sits looking glum and holding his pipe and beer jug. Etching by J. Nothnagel, 1772.
  • A drunken street brawl between four young colporteurs and a man, with two accompanying couplets. Etching, 16th century (?).
  • A hopeless drunkard lying on his bed watched by his poor wife and son. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842, after himself.
  • Twenty two ancient drinking vessels from an exhibition. Wood-engraving, c. 1873, after J. T. Balcomb.
  • 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 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.
  • Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.
  • A love-sick gentleman being advised by another to drink wine: a drinking song. Engraving and etching, 17--.
  • A love-sick gentleman being advised by another to drink wine: a drinking song. Engraving and etching, 17--.
  • A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.
  • A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.
  • A figure composed of barrels batters the drooping head of a thistle; representing the forced resignation of Lord Melville following implications of malversation and the vote on Whitbread's motion. Aquatint by J. Sayer, 1805.
  • A drunken scene in a gin shop with children being given alcohol. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A drunken scene in a gin shop with children being given alcohol. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A bacchanalian scene with Pan sleeping and many drinking vessels left on a table. Etching by F. van den Wyngaerde after P. Rubens, mid 17th century.
  • The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.
  • 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 (?).
  • An old sailor with wooden leg and a man with no arms drinking in a tavern; below is a song about their seafaring days. Etching by I. Cruikshank, c. 1791.
  • A drunken scene in a beer shop with a young thief gambling. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.