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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 man sits on a stool smoking a pipe, behind a man relieves himself against the wall. Engraving by P. Chenu, 1754, after D. Teniers.

Date

[1754]

Reference

24719i

A love-sick gentleman being advised by another to drink wine: a drinking song. Engraving and etching, 17--.

Reference

26268i

Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.

Date

1794

Reference

24851i

A man, glass in hand, sits at a table with food and drink. Wood-engraving, late 16th century.

Reference

26529i

A king sits drinking at a table surrounded by revelling courtiers and a man about to vomit. Engraving after J. Jordaens, c. 1640.

Date

1640

Reference

26305i

A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

Date

1847

Reference

25973i

Part of

The bottle

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

The first verse of a poem entitled, "Rheinweinlied", surrounded by an ornamental design with a large wine glass. Etching, 1842.

Date

1842

Reference

26291i

Two men sit drinking and smoking at a tavern table. Engraving by J. Williams, c. 1792, after A. Brouwer.

Date

1 February 1792

Reference

26803i

Four Flemish men smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den, a man leans on the wall behind. Engraving by L. Lempereur, late 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.

Reference

24723i

Boer War: patients outside a military hospital gargling with antiseptic while being watched by three nurses. Halftone, c.1900, after F. de Haenen.

Date

1900

Reference

23529i

A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk.

Date

1702

Reference

26556i

Members of the Noble Order of Bucks drinking and smoking. Engraving and etching, c. 1756.

Date

1756

Reference

26274i

A man with glass in hand stands by a window. Engraving by P. Chenu, 1756, after A. van Ostade.

Date

[1756]

Reference

26546i

Three men carousing beneath a mulberry tree, with verses of a song comparing the life of humans to the life of a tree. Etching after I. Cruikshank, 1808.

Date

1 March 1808

Reference

26292i

Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.

Reference

26851i

A man leans out of a tavern window with a glass and cap in hand, others watch from inside. Etching by J. Chérin, mid 18th century, after A. van Ostade.

Reference

26824i

William Cobbett is joined by six drunkards who applaud his toast of "damnation to the House of Brunswick"; representing British parliamentary reform. Etching by J. Gillray, ca. 1809.

Date

29 September 1809

Reference

26481i

Part of

The life of William Cobbett, - written by himself

An old man sits with his arm round a girl and plies her with drink as his wife watches through a window. Engraving by J. Le Bas after D. Teniers.

Reference

26801i

An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Mezzotint by R. Purcell, late 18th century, after A. Brouwer.

Reference

26533i

A Dutch country tavern with a drinker being given encouragement, a group by the fire and a serving man chalking up orders. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 1836, after D. Teniers.

Date

1836

Reference

27008i

Part of

Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der königlichen Galerie in Dresden.

A man leans back from a table holding a pipe in one hand and a glass in the other. Reproduction of a pen and ink drawing by E. Leroux.

Reference

24855i

A drunken party with men smoking, sleeping and falling to the floor. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1798, after W. Hogarth.

Date

1 April 1798

Reference

26454i

A woman and man sit at a table drinking as the man raises the bottle in his right hand. Lithograph, 19th century.

Reference

26796i