Excess Collection

The Romans of the Decadence, 1847. Artist: Thomas Couture
The Romans of the Decadence, 1847. From the collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts, USA

Battle between Carnival and Lent, c.1600-c.1620. Creator: Jheronimus Bosch (manner of)
Battle between Carnival and Lent, c.1600-c.1620. A little man playing the bagpipes who personifies the carnival is being carried on a table out of the kitchen on the left

The Crystal Palace and its Refreshments; Animals not yet "Extinct" in the Crystal Palace, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

The Crystal Palace and its Refreshments; Gentlemen Visitors over-refreshed, 1854. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Crystal Palace and its Refreshments; Gentlemen Visitors over-refreshed, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

The Crystal Palace and its Refreshments; Gentlemen Visitors over-refreshed, 1854. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Crystal Palace and its Refreshments; Gentlemen Visitors over-refreshed, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

'The Crystal Palace and its Refreshments; A Prospective Perspective View, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Crystal Palace and its Refreshments; A Prospective Perspective View, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

The Triumph of Bacchus, 1776. Creator: Isaak Jehner
The Triumph of Bacchus, 1776

Bacchus seated on a barrel in front of grapevines, with bacchantes, satyrs, and children surrounding him, 1758

Two Cups, 16th-17th century. Creator: Rene Boyvin
Two Cups, 16th-17th century

Venerable Idleness, Queen of Cockaigne; a fat woman seated on a movable toilet chair being waited on and fed by seven women, 1565

The Comforts of High Living, December 16, 1794. December 16, 1794. Creator: Unknown
The Comforts of High Living, December 16, 1794

The aldermans dinner, 1775. An obese alderman eats gluttonously; his slimmer companion, bent over a plate, evidently suffers from gout as his bandaged foot rests on a cushion

The Gout, 1835
The Gout, pub. 1835 (hand coloured engraving)

Saxophonist, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

The Drummer, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Saxophone and Trumpet Player, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Saxophone Player, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Trumpet Player, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Two men in black tie and woman in bright blue dress dance to jazz, from White Bottoms pub
Two men in black tie and woman in bright blue dress dance to two musicians playing jazz on brass instruments, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Three illustrations of transvestites in blue and pink dresses dancing with a larger gentleman in white tie and tails, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Demonstration of various modern leg movements to the music, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Two transvestites and man in black tie dancing to a saxophone, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

I m a Cat, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Two transvestites in discussion while a further dances to a musician on the drums, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Two men in black tie dance to a musician on the saxophone, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

You must like the Charleston, Mr Greco, it wears out shoes. from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Three gentlemen in Black Tie perform moves from the Charleston to a saxophone, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print), from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Dancing the Charleston, from White Bottoms pub. 1927
One gentleman in black tie, a further gentleman in white tie and tails, and a woman in a light green flapper dress and pearls dance the Charleston, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Two gentleman in black tie dancing to jazz, played by a musician on the saxophone, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Two gentlemen in black tie perform La Danse Havas to the saxophone, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print), from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Gentleman in tails and white tie dances to two musicians playing saxophone, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Gentleman in white tie and gentleman in bowler hat try out dancing to jazz…
Gentleman in white tie and gentleman in bowler hat try out dancing to jazz, as performed by two musicians playing saxophone and banjo, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Elderly gentleman in tails and younger gentleman in black tie dance to a musician playing trumpet, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Gentleman in white tie and tails dancing while two musicians play saxophone and banjo, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Two men in suits dancing while two musicians play the saxophone and trumpet, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Two men in suits dancing while a musician plays the trumpet, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Drink gets the better of a young man, USA, 1933. A staged photograph during the Prohibition era in the United States

An Exquisite Taste, with an Enlarged Understanding, 1827. Artist: G Hunt
An Exquisite Taste, with an Enlarged Understanding, 1827. A man suffering from gout, sittting at a table laden with food and drink

Bacchanalian Group, from a very old Vase, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Bacchanalian Group, from a very old Vase, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Bacchanale, c1600-1638. Artist: Jacques Blanchard
Bacchanale, c1600-1638. Found in the collection of the Nancy, Musee des Beaux-Arts

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

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