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Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

Date

1 November 1813

Reference

24833i

A Scotsman and a Native American man smoking pipes by barrels of tobacco. Coloured engraving.

Reference

25032i

Two peasants in a dingy ale-house; one sleeps on a bench and the other urinates in a bucket. Engraving by J. Groensveld after A. Brouwer.

Date

[16--?]

Reference

26797i

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.

Date

11 October 1890

Reference

25922i

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.

Date

26 June 1805

Reference

25936i

Two pictures: a man sits by an empty barrel; a hooka and other smoking accessories. Wood-engravings.

Reference

25019i

A wine press (top) and cider mill (bottom). Engraving, c. 1747.

Date

1747

Reference

25751i

A bull snorts angrily as it tosses a Spaniard in the air and is restrained by three men pulling its tail behind, a native American and a well-dressed French gentleman cower in fright to the right and a Dutchman sitting on a barrel of gin and smoking a pipe looks on in amusement. Coloured etching by James Gillray, 1780.

Date

Jan 4 1780

Reference

585026i

Items of farm equipment and machinery, including presses, churns and mills. Engraving by J. Hulett.

Reference

25758i

Three pictures: two of Indian children with tobacco leaves and pipes by barrels of tobacco; one of a Scot with two barrels. Wood-engravings.

Reference

25023i