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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
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A man cavorting with a young woman, while his recently deceased wife lies in a coffin in the background. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1802.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 2 September 1802Reference: 11908i
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A bottle of liquor wearing a straitjacket; representing alcohol as a cause of insanity. Colour lithograph after B. Smotrov, 1981.
Smotrov, Boris, 1946-Date: 1981Reference: 997202i
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People drinking in a gin palace; people consuming alcoholic drinks falling from a pile of barrels of liquor likened to the upas-tree. Line block (?) after G. Cruikshank, 1842.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 26293i
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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.
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.Date: 26 June 1805Reference: 25936i
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Four men and a woman smoking and drinking in an arbour and listening to a travelling hurdy-gurdy player. Etching by R. Daudet, 1787, after C. Dusart.
Dusart, Cornelis, 1660-1704.Date: [1787]Reference: 3006309i
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After his honeymooon, a newly married man becomes disenchanted with his new wife and goes out drinking in his club with an old male friend. Aquatint by C. Hunt after T. Onwhyn.
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1811?-1886Date: 1853Reference: 28556i
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The first verse of a poem entitled, "Rheinweinlied", surrounded by an ornamental design with a large wine glass. Etching, 1842.
Date: 1842Reference: 26291i
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Is binge drinking really that bad? An Horizon special.
Date: 2014
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A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. 1 February 1751Reference: 26961i
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Five men gather round a table to play cards, drink and smoke in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after D. Teniers, the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 24735i
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An interior of a games room: anthropomorphic figures playing, drinking, and smoking. Colour lithograph.
Reference: 11742i
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African people brewing pombe beside a pile of sorghum grain. Wood engraving by J. B. Zwecker.
Reference: 25430i
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Two drunken soldiers ask an apothecary for some 'eau de vie' - some brandy. Coloured lithograph by J. Rigo.
Rigo, Jules, 1810-1892.Reference: 16819i
Part of: Souvenirs militaires
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A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: patients seated at a drunken dinner table and two bedridden patients with some meagre chips. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
Ibels, Louise Catherine, 1891-1965.Date: 1916Reference: 24110i
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A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.
Date: 1806Reference: 26286i
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Essay on the use of alcoholic liquors in health and disease / by John Chadwick.
Chadwick John.Date: 1849
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Two men sit drinking and smoking at a tavern table. Engraving by J. Williams, c. 1792, after a painting attributed to A. Brouwer.
Date: 1 February 1792Reference: 26803i
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A multiple-choice question about the harmful effects of beer advertising a quiz on alcohol abuse. Colour lithograph by Nationaal Instituut voor Gezondheidsbevordering en Ziektepreventie, 2000.
Date: 2000Reference: 749683i
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German soldiers enjoying a drink in a dining room. Photographic postcard, 190-.
Date: [between 1900 and 1909?]Reference: 2060360i
Part of: James Gardiner Collection: Romantic fantasy and comic postcards, and photographs on gender and masculinity.
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L'assommoir = The dram shop / Émile Zola ; translated and edited by Robin Buss.
Zola, Émile, 1840-1902.Date: 2000
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Cope.
Cope's (Firm)Date: [1890?]
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A maenad or bacchant, drunk on wine, dancing; below, attributes of Bacchus. Gouache by F. Santoloni.
Santoloni, Felice.Date: [1810?]Reference: 3025663i
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Teetotalers and teetotalism : a letter to the Rev. Dr. Campbell, in vindication of teetotaliam and the teetotal body from the attacks made by him and his anonymous correspondents / by Thomas Beggs.
Beggs, Thomas, 1808-1896.Date: [1854]
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A Greenwich pensioner, filling a pipe with tobacco, a tankard of ale at his elbow. Engraving by J. Jenkins after M. W. Sharp.
Sharp, Michael William, -1840.Reference: 31932i

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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.

A man cavorting with a young woman, while his recently deceased wife lies in a coffin in the background. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1802.

A bottle of liquor wearing a straitjacket; representing alcohol as a cause of insanity. Colour lithograph after B. Smotrov, 1981.

People drinking in a gin palace; people consuming alcoholic drinks falling from a pile of barrels of liquor likened to the upas-tree. Line block (?) after G. Cruikshank, 1842.

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.

Four men and a woman smoking and drinking in an arbour and listening to a travelling hurdy-gurdy player. Etching by R. Daudet, 1787, after C. Dusart.

After his honeymooon, a newly married man becomes disenchanted with his new wife and goes out drinking in his club with an old male friend. Aquatint by C. Hunt after T. Onwhyn.

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

Is binge drinking really that bad? An Horizon special.

A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

Five men gather round a table to play cards, drink and smoke in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after D. Teniers, the younger.

An interior of a games room: anthropomorphic figures playing, drinking, and smoking. Colour lithograph.

African people brewing pombe beside a pile of sorghum grain. Wood engraving by J. B. Zwecker.

Two drunken soldiers ask an apothecary for some 'eau de vie' - some brandy. Coloured lithograph by J. Rigo.

A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: patients seated at a drunken dinner table and two bedridden patients with some meagre chips. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.

A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.

Essay on the use of alcoholic liquors in health and disease / by John Chadwick.

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

A multiple-choice question about the harmful effects of beer advertising a quiz on alcohol abuse. Colour lithograph by Nationaal Instituut voor Gezondheidsbevordering en Ziektepreventie, 2000.

German soldiers enjoying a drink in a dining room. Photographic postcard, 190-.

L'assommoir = The dram shop / Émile Zola ; translated and edited by Robin Buss.

Cope.

A maenad or bacchant, drunk on wine, dancing; below, attributes of Bacchus. Gouache by F. Santoloni.

Teetotalers and teetotalism : a letter to the Rev. Dr. Campbell, in vindication of teetotaliam and the teetotal body from the attacks made by him and his anonymous correspondents / by Thomas Beggs.

A Greenwich pensioner, filling a pipe with tobacco, a tankard of ale at his elbow. Engraving by J. Jenkins after M. W. Sharp.