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A lecherous drinker sits with a girl at a barrel table in a dingy tavern. Engraving by P. Canot, c. 1756, after D. Teniers, the younger.

Six fashionable young men after a drinking session, all with girls in their arms. Engraving, c. 1796.

A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, with his mistress, both represented as chickens. Etching, 1791.

A fashionable gentleman sits with his arm round a lady by a tavern table as a girl chalks up drinks on a slate. Lithograph after D. Teniers (?).

Bathsheba brings the young maid Abishag to the aging King David for body heat. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1779, after G. Farington after A. van der Werff, 1696.

A soldier takes his hat off to a lady at her table but finds that she preferred "les Lanciers". Lithograph by Villain, 1826, after H. Bellangé.

A drunken husband lies sleeping as his young wife plots furtively with her lover, a foreign soldier. Engraving by A. Capellan after G. B. Piazzetta.

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Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, with his mistress, both represented as chickens. Etching, 1791.

Six fashionable young men after a drinking session, all with girls in their arms. Engraving, c. 1796.

A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

A drunken husband lies sleeping as his young wife plots furtively with her lover, a foreign soldier. Engraving by A. Capellan after G. B. Piazzetta.

A lecherous drinker sits with a girl at a barrel table in a dingy tavern. Engraving by P. Canot, c. 1756, after D. Teniers, the younger.