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Concept

Alcoholic beverage industry

Images

  • The interior and exterior of a working brewhouse. Engraving, c. 1747.
  • Three women in a gin shop divert the landlady's attention while a match boy steals her money. Mezzotint, c. 1765.
  • A Chilean wine label illustrated with a large house and vineyard. Engraving, 19th century.
  • Customers drink and smoke in a spirit shop in South Africa. Wood engraving, c. 1877.
  • The distillery of Deacon Giles seen as the work of the Devil. Coloured wood-engraving after G. B. Cheever, ca. 1835.
  • A Chilean wine label illustrated with a large house and vineyard. Engraving, 19th century.
  • Hop pickers at work. Wood-engraving, c. 1842 (?).
  • A procession of publicans and a beggar following the coffin of Madam Geneva; attacking the Act preventing distillers from retailing or selling gin to unlicensed premises. Engraving, 1751.
  • A triumphant American slave woman representing quassia (ingredient in acoholic drinks) is carried aloft by two brewers; representing the outcry against a tax on private brewing (?). Etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
  • An Indian man selling alcohol to a couple. Gouache drawing.
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Catalogue

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    An appeal to the people for the suppression of the liquor traffic : a prize essay / by Rev. H.D. Kitchel.

    Kitchel, Henry Denison, 1812-1895. | Date: 1848
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    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.

    Merry, Tom, 1852-1902. | Date: 11 October 1890 | Reference: 25922i
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    Hop pickers at work. Wood-engraving, c. 1842 (?).

    | Date: 1842 | Reference: 25796i
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    Horizontal and vertical sections through a porter brewery mash tun, and its constituent parts. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

    Farey, John, 1766-1826. | Date: 1830 | Reference: 25779i
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    A labelled plan and two sections through a London porter brewery. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

    Farey, John, 1766-1826. | Date: 1830 | Reference: 25778i
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