Black Greek drinking cups; left, shallow cup with horizontal handles; middle, tall cup with horizontal handles (kotyle); right, cup with vertical handles. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).

Illustrations and text explaining how AIDS cannot be transmitted from sharing clothes, drinking cups etc.; one of a series of educational posters issued by the Committed Communities Development Trust in Mumbai. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

A man and woman sit in discussion drinking from cups at a table with people at art easels in the background; advertisement for services provided by the London Lighthouse day centre for those with AIDS and HIV. Colour lithograph, 1991.

A woman sitting down on a chair and drinking out of a cup. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A child drinking a cup of oral rehydration salts: treating diarrhoea in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.

An ancient drinking cup from Boscoreale decorated with figures of Death in relief: frontal and side views of the same object. Hēliogravure.

Bacchus with attendant satyrs sits drinking by a cave as Venus appears to him and offers him a cup of love. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel, 1704.

Above, red-figured Greek drinking cup (skyphos); below, detail of the decoration showing a woman holding a rabbit and a naked man with a walking stick. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).

search

Galleries and Reading Room

Café

Shop

Library

Our galleries are quietest on weekdays and weekend mornings. At busy times, particularly on Saturdays, you may need to queue for our temporary exhibitions.

We’re undertaking some research with website visitors to learn more about how people find access-related information provided by museums. This survey shouldn't take longer than 10 minutes to complete. Thank you for your time!

Help us organize our website content.

On nature cures and taking the waters

Love, longing and tea from the polski sklep

How can I stop fainting?

Surviving the storm of postnatal depression

M0000823: Five silver Inca drinking cups, c.1524

Specialised drinking cups for disabled people : an assessment of drinking equipment (cups and straws) for people with problems gripping or holding a cup still and those who have to drink lying down / prepared by the Department of Health and the Central Office of Information.

Five ornate German drinking vessels. Engraving by F. Fairholt, 19th century, after himself.

Wellcome uses cookies.

Stories

On nature cures and taking the waters

Love, longing and tea from the polski sklep

How can I stop fainting?

Surviving the storm of postnatal depression

Images

Catalogue

M0000823: Five silver Inca drinking cups, c.1524

Specialised drinking cups for disabled people : an assessment of drinking equipment (cups and straws) for people with problems gripping or holding a cup still and those who have to drink lying down / prepared by the Department of Health and the Central Office of Information.

Five ornate German drinking vessels. Engraving by F. Fairholt, 19th century, after himself.

Black Greek drinking cups; left, shallow cup with horizontal handles; middle, tall cup with horizontal handles (kotyle); right, cup with vertical handles. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).

Illustrations and text explaining how AIDS cannot be transmitted from sharing clothes, drinking cups etc.; one of a series of educational posters issued by the Committed Communities Development Trust in Mumbai. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

Wellcome uses cookies.

Overview search

Stories

On nature cures and taking the waters

Love, longing and tea from the polski sklep

How can I stop fainting?

Surviving the storm of postnatal depression

Images

Catalogue

M0000823: Five silver Inca drinking cups, c.1524

Specialised drinking cups for disabled people : an assessment of drinking equipment (cups and straws) for people with problems gripping or holding a cup still and those who have to drink lying down / prepared by the Department of Health and the Central Office of Information.

Five ornate German drinking vessels. Engraving by F. Fairholt, 19th century, after himself.

Black Greek drinking cups; left, shallow cup with horizontal handles; middle, tall cup with horizontal handles (kotyle); right, cup with vertical handles. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).

Illustrations and text explaining how AIDS cannot be transmitted from sharing clothes, drinking cups etc.; one of a series of educational posters issued by the Committed Communities Development Trust in Mumbai. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.