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A drunk man holding a broken umbrella is leaning against the railings of a park; children around him. Drawing by L.(?) Harris, ca. 1890.
Harris, L.Date: 1890Reference: 573780i- Pictures
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A labourer asks a gentleman for his wages so that he may get drunk; both represented as dwarfs. Coloured etching after M. Engelbrecht, 1715.
Date: 1715Reference: 26492i- Pictures
Left, a faun and a maenad drunk on wine, dancing; right, Narcissus looking at his reflection in water. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
Roccheggiani, Lorenzo, active 1804-1817.Date: [1811?]Reference: 2856123i- Pictures
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Japan: a woman and a boy returning from a shrine, amused and startled to see drunk man dancing in the street. Colour woodcut, ca. 1900.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 729072i- Pictures
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A tired and drunk doctor attending a patient, after being called away from a bridge game at a social event. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1874.
Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.Date: 1874Reference: 15667i- Pictures
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Noah, drunk and naked, being covered in a garment by his sons, Shem and Japheth; with a border of naked men holding medallions. Halftone after Michelangelo.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.Reference: 26516i- Pictures
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A woman being stabbed while the blood pouring from her wounds is drunk by a group of men; representing Britannia's resources being drained by politicians. Engraving, 1768.
Date: [10 May 1768]Reference: 12166i- Books
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Three excellent new songs, entituled, I. The Irishman's ramble; or, drunk at night and dry in the morning. II. Peggy Bawn. III. The answer to Peggy Bawn.
Date: Printed in August 1784- Pictures
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A condom on top of a bottle representing the risk of having sex when drunk; advertisement of the High Equals High Risk Campaign by AIDS: A Positive Co-ordinated Community Response Society of Jasper. Colour lithograph by Daniel Riitano, 1993.
Date: 1993Reference: 668106i- Pictures
The root of the primrose flower turning into a syrup that is being drunk by a man and a boy; advertising Syngulin remedy for bronchitis and coughs. Colour lithograph after Atelier Wohlfahrt Kindel, ca. 195- (?).
Atelier Wohlfahrt Kindel.Date: [195?-?]Reference: 676438i- Pictures
Three men smoking and drinking in a tavern: one man, when drunk, tends to abuse Irish people; the second, who is Irish, tends to attack anyone abusing Irish people; and the third man looks on. Coloured lithograph.
Date: [approximately 1840?]Reference: 26908i- Books
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A Choice Garland, Containing five excellent songs. 1 'Twas yes kind sir, and thank ye too. 2 The rose tree. 3 The coachman. 4 Never get drunk again. 5 The willing maid; or A day too young.
Date: [1790?]- Pictures
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Lot, drunk, rests back into the arms of one of his daughters; the other one pours him more wine; in the background his wife watches Sodom burn. Engraving by W. Kent after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1630.
Domenichino, 1581-1641.Reference: 15839i- Pictures
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On the stage of the Drury Lane Theatre, Comedy is hanged, Tragedy is stabbed, and Sheridan the playwright lies dead drunk as the theatre is given over to animal entertainments. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1808.
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832.Date: 1 May 1808]Reference: 38453i- Books
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The Freeholders vade mecum. Part I. Containing a correct list of two hundred and six respectable gentlemen, whose healths are drunk by all those who wish to see the land-tax reduced to three Shillings in the Pound.
Date: 1767- Books
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The Freeholders vade mecum. Part II. Containing a correct list of one hundred and eighty eight, whose healths are drunk by those persons who were desirous of seeing the land-tax continued at four Shillings in the Pound.
Date: 1767- Pictures
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English commerce is shown as a cow milked by the Dutch, the horns sawn off by the Americans and its milk drunk by the French and the Spanish, while an Englishman wrings his hands at this distressing sight. Etching, ca. 1780.
Date: [1780?]Reference: 42559i- Pictures
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Celebrations of Wellington's victory at the battle of Salamanca: Sir Francis Burdett's house is attacked, a funeral procession of Whigs passes by, and a toast is drunk to Wellington by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Coloured etching by W.H. Brooke, 1812.
Satirist, active 1812-1813.Date: 1 October 1812Reference: 38421i- Books
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G.R. George, &c. The [blank] day of the month of [blank] being the [blank] year of the 18th century. I John Pimple, Messenger at Arms to his Majesty, by virtue of my commission, ... summons, warn, and charge you [blank] to make real and true confession of your former and present transgressions, of being notoriously drunk; ...
Date: 1790?]- Digital Images
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Cedronella canariensis (L.)Webb & Berthel. Basionym Dracocephalum canariense. Lamiaceae. Canary balm, Balm-of-Gilead, Canary Island tea. It smells slightly resinous of cedar, hence the diminutive name Cedronella. Perennial herb. Distribution: Canary Islands. True Balm-of-Gilead is the sap of the poplar, Populus candicans. It was drunk as a tea, and the aroma was believed to relieve colds. No medicinal use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Polemonium caeruleum L. Polemoniaceae Jacob's ladder, Greek Valerian. Hardy perennial. Distribution: Temperate Europe. Dioscorides in 70 AD (Beck, 2005), and Lyte (1578) recommended it drunk in wine, for malignant ulcers, dysentery, difficulty in micturition, hip disease. The root was worn round the neck to protect against scorpions, and stopped toothache if chewed. Called Valerian Graeca by Dodoens (1551) and Parkinson (1640), Valeriana peregrina Belgarum by Lobel (1576). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Trillium sessile L. Trilliaceae Distribution: North America. Various Trilliums were used by Native Americans to stop haematuria, haematemesis, menorrhagia, and to heal ulcers (Milspaugh, 1974). Roots were eaten to treat stiff muscles, and tea from the plant drunk and powdered plant put on joints for rheumatism by the Iroquois (Lewis & Elvin-Lewis, 2003). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Crossed-out glasses filled with alcohol, lined up along the road; warning against drinking while driving. Colour lithograph for the Verwaltungs-Berufsgenossenschaft, ca. 2000 (?).
Verwaltungs-Berufsgenossenschaft.Date: [2000?]Reference: 780414i- Pictures
The white markings on a twisting road seen through a wine glass. Lithograph designed by Hans Tanner.
Tanner, Hans.Date: [between 1960 and 1969?]Reference: 575159i- Pictures
A man who refuses a glass of wine because he is driving. Colour lithograph after G. Nicolitch, 1965.
Nicolitch, G. (Designer)Date: [1965]Reference: 675237i