Alcohol Collection (page 30)

Grape harvest, 1775. A print from La nouvelle maison rustique, ou economie generale de tous les biens de campagne : la maniere de les entretenir et de les multiplier donnee ci-devant au

Champagne Devaux advertisement, 1846

Heidsieck Champagne advertisement on a menu, 19th century

Champagne advertisement on a menu, 19th century. Maison Fondee, Reims, 1864. Private Collection

Dionysus, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, 447-432 BC. The Ancient Greek god of wine. From the British Museum, London

October, wine-making, early 16th century. Grapes are pressed and wine is drawn from a barrel. Below: skittles with knuckle-bones. From a Flemish calendar in the collection of the British Library

Like Grandather, French Postcard, c1900
Like Grandfather, French Postcard, c1900. Private collection

The Parquet Planers, 1875. Artist: Gustave Caillebotte
The Parquet Planers, 1875. From the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

Cook, 1799. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Cook, 1799. From the collection of the National Maritime Museum, London

The Merry Family, 1668. Artist: Jan Steen
The Merry Family, 1668. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Effects of Intemperance, 1663-1665. Artist: Jan Steen
The Effects of Intemperance, 1663-1665. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

No one has seen us, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
No one has seen us, 1799. Plate 79 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

The Merry Drinker, 1628-1630. Artist: Frans Hals
The Merry Drinker, 1628-1630. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Corner of a Cafe Concert, Detail, 1878-1880. Artist: Edouard Manet
Corner of a Cafe Concert, Detail, 1878-1880. Located in the collection at, The National Gallery, London

Corner of a Cafe Concert, 1878-1880. Artist: Edouard Manet
Corner of a Cafe Concert, 1878-1880. Located in the collection at The National Gallery, London

The Supper, mid-late 17th century. Artist: Jan Vermeer
The Supper, mid-late 17th century. The resurrected Christ appearing to his disciples at Emmaus

Absinthe / Victor Hugo, c1895-1900. Artist: Guillaume Apollinaire
Absinthe/Victor Hugo, c1895-1900. Sketch and text for a Guignol puppet scene. From a private collection

Mars and Venus, late 16th-early 17th century. Artist: Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael
Mars and Venus, late 16th-early 17th century. In the Roman pantheon Mars was the god of War, and Venus the goddess of beauty and love. Her husband, Vulcan, was god of fire and metal working

Bacchus, c1597. Artist: Michelangelo Caravaggio
Bacchus, c1597. Bacchus, Roman god of wine (Dionysius in the Greek pantheon), seated as at a banquet, with a wreath of vine leaves, holding a drinking vessel. From the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

The Triumph of Bacchus or The Drunkards, 17th Century. Artist: Diego Velazquez
The Triumph of Bacchus or The Drunkards, 17th Century. Velazquez, one of the few Spanish painters to depict mythological scenes

Drunken Silenus, 1747. Artist: Carle Vanloo
Drunken Silenus, 1747. In classical myth, Silenus is the teacher and friend of Bacchus, god of wine. In Renaissance art he is depicted as fat, drunk and naked, a bloated lord of the revels

The Drunken Silenus, 17th century. Artist: Moses van Uyttenbroeck
The Drunken Silenus, 17th century. In classical myth, Silenus is the teacher and friend of Bacchus, god of wine. In Renaissance art he is depicted as fat, drunk and naked

Still Life, 19th century

Champagne, 19th century. Artist: Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet
Champagne, 19th century. A poster design for the Paul Frestier and Co Poster company

The Prodigal Son in the Tavern (Rembrandt and Saskia), c1635. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The Prodigal Son in the Tavern (Rembrandt and Saskia), c1635. From the Dresden Gallery, Dresden, Germany

St John the Evangelist with the Poisoned Cup, 1636. Artist: Alonso Cano
St John the Evangelist with the Poisoned Cup, 1636. According to the Bible (Matthew Ch20 v23), a cup of poisoned wine was passed to St John and, as he blessed it

Firing a cannon into clouds to prevent a hail storm, 1901. It was claimed that rain fell instead of the anticipated hail which would have damaged the grape vines in the wine producing area of

Joseph Jackson Lister, English wine merchant and amateur microscopist, 1830s. Artist: Maull & Co
Joseph Jackson Lister, English wine merchant and amateur microscopist, 1830s. Photographed with a microscope. Lister, father of Joseph Lister

Chinese Bronze Wine-Vessel or Tsun, in form of Short-Eared Owl, 11th century BC-10th century BC

Chinese Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel, late Shang Dynasty 12th-11th century BC. Spouted ritual wine vessel (guang). The Shang dynasty is the earliest dynasty of traditional Chinese history supported by

Wine-Merchants Sign in Pompeii street c1st century. Men carry a wine-amphora

Roman floor mosaic, Servants bring wine to guests at a banquet, c3rd century. At Bardo Museum, Tunis

Detail from a Psalter, Christ turns water to wine, c1140. Miracle at wedding at Cana. Psalter probably illuminated at Canterbury

Roman relief, a woman draws wine from a cask at a Tavern, Merida, Spain, c2nd-3rd century

Roman relief Transport of wine barrel by donkey cart, Metz, France, c1st century
Roman relief, Transport of wine barrel by donkey cart, Metz, France, c1st century

The Black Cuillin Hills from Carbost, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
The Black Cuillin Hills from Carbost, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 20th century. Carbost is a village on the shores of Loch Harport in the Highlands of Scotland

Minoan wine press, 16th century
A Minoan wine press at Vathypetro in Crete. The grapes were pressed in the vessel on the right, and fed the juice into the left. The stone trough is for washing feet, 16th century BC

Detail of the west doorway of St Denis, 12th century
Detail of the west doorway of St Denis in France, showing the brewing of beer or wine, 12th century

Chinese bronze lid of a wine-vessel, 11th century BC. h
Early Chou dynasty Chinese bronze lid of a wine-vessel, showing the mask, 11th century BC

Chinese bronze wine-vessel, 11th century BC
Early Chou dynasty Chinese bronze wine-vessel showing the mask. from the Victoria and Albert Museums collections collection, 11th century BC

Roman funerary sculpture of a wine-boat, from Neumagen in Germany and from the Landesmuseums collection in Trier

Egyptian wooden model of beer-making from a tomb, from the Louvres collection

Wine-press in a house in Pompeii, Italy

Figure of an Ancient Egyptian brewer pressing out fermented bread in a basket, c1910
Figure of an Ancient Egyptian brewer pressing out fermented bread in a basket. Beer drained through into the pot beneath. This figure from the Ancient Egyptian city of Saqqarah is in the Cairo

Dionysius, Greek god of wine. Bust of Dionysius, known as Bacchus in the Roman pantheon

The Wedding at Cana, 1870. Jesus turning water into wine. From the Bible (John 2:7)

St Vincent, Spanish Christian martyr, 19th century. A Christian deacon from Zaragoza (Saragossa), Spain, St Vincent was martyred in c304 during the persecutions of Christians under the Emperor

Tavern scene from The Rakes Progress, 1735. Artist: William Hogarth
Tavern scene from The Rakes Progress, 1735. Plate II in William Hogarths series of eight illustrations originally published in 1735. Here the Rake squanders his fortune on drink, women and gambling

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