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  • A labelled section through a brewhouse showing brewing utensils and machinery. Wood-engraving, c. 1847.
  • 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.
  • For patients with pain Paramol-118 : alcohol and the British.
  • For patients with pain Paramol-118 : alcohol and the British.
  • Barclay and Perkins brewery, Southwark: visitors watching beer fermenting in a large brewhouse. Wood-engraving, 1847.
  • John Bull making hop-tea in front of a hop grower and his workers; representing adulteration of beer by brewers. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1890, after himself.
  • Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, Kent. Engraving by H. Wallis, 1830, after T.M. Baynes.
  • Licensed victuallers' school, Kennington, London. Engraving.
  • Barclay and Perkins brewery, Southwark: visitors in a storeroom full of casks of ale. Wood-engraving, 1847.
  • Barclay and Perkins brewery, Southwark: visitors in a store for vats and barrels. Wood-engraving, 1847.
  • A triumphant American slave woman representing quassia (ingredient in acoholic drinks) is carried aloft by two brewers; representing the outcry against a tax on private brewing (?). Etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
  • Policemen apprehend a pickpocket taking a license from a publican; representing the value to the government of publicans' licenses. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1890, after himself.