Concept

Toasts

Images

  • Scientists of the Austrian Empire at a large banquet in a tent, drinking a toast. Coloured lithograph by F. Wolf after J.N. Höchle, 1832.
  • 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.
  • A young man in tricorn hat raises his glass in a toast to his lover. Etching by C. Ryley, c. 1792, after E. Penny.
  • A French tavern with men at a table in the open air drinking a toast to good health. Lithograph by F. Noël after L. Boilly, 1826.
  • An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. van Ostade.
  • James Bruce of Kinnaird, having reached a fountain at Gisha (Abyssinia) regarded as the source of the Nile, uses a coconut to drink the water to the health of King George III and Empress Catherine the Great. Engraving by J. Gillray, 1793, after R.M. Paye.
  • 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.
  • An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Etching by D. Deuchar (?), 18th century, after A. van Ostade (?).
  • 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.
  • Six fashionable young men carousing round a table as a serving man opens another bottle of ale. Engraving, c. 1796.
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