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Bonzo has a go at cocktail making. Date: c. 1930Bonzo has a go at cocktail making. Date: c.1930
Pity the Unemployed by John HassallA man pushing a cart with the sign, Pity the Unemployed disappears into a pub. John Hassall, author of the illustration includes the caption, " With apologies to the real unemployed."
Beer is Best. Back cover of a booklet, part of the Brewers Society marketing campaign during the 1930s, featuring an illustration of a cool, refreshing glass tankard of beer. Date: c.1935
The Marionettes by Annie FishA bored looking fashionable young woman and her male companion drink what looks rather like absinthe in a smart restaurant. Date: 1919
Rev Theobald Mathew administering Temperance PledgeThe Very Reverend Theobald Mathew administering the Temperance Pledge. 19th century
Silhouette, In His Wine Cellar. late 19th century
Flower Brothers hopping machine, The Brewery, Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury. 1891
Advertisement for Stones Ginger Wine. Date: 1893
Advert, Grants Stand Fast Scotch WhiskyAdvertisement, Great Moments, Grants Stand Fast Scotch Whisky, depicting a man on a yacht. 1935
Music cover, A Thing He Had Never Done Before, written and composed by C W Murphy, sung by George Robey. 1911
Cartoon, Mr Charles Godfrey, His Newest CharacterCartoon portrait, Mr Charles Godfrey, music hall singer and songwriter, seen here as a barman - His Newest Character. 1885
Advert, J & R Tennent Limited, Glasgow, ScotlandAdvert, J & R Tennent Limited, Wellpark Brewery, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905
Advert, Robertsons Dundee Whisky, ScotlandAdvert for Robertsons Dundee Whisky, John Robertson & Son Limited, Dundee, Scotland. 1905
Scene inside a vinegar and wine factory, South LondonScene inside the sending out warehouse of the Beaufoy vinegar and British wine factory, Lambeth, South London. Date: 1842
Various types of chemical stillsAlembic still with cucurbit flask and stil-head, alcohol still, and subliming aludel or Hermetic vase. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of
Man checking pipes at a distillery, south-west LondonMan checking pipes (the specific gravity of the contents to ascertain the strength or proof) at the worm end, at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842
Wash still at a distillery, south-west LondonWash still at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842
Mash tun at a distillery, south-west LondonMen stirring the contents of the mash tun (mashing machine) at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842
Cooling floor at a distillery, south-west LondonCooling floor for ground meal at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842
Grain mill and meal sacks at a distillery, south-west LondonGrain mill and meal sacks being filled at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842
View outside a distillery, Thames Bank, south-west LondonView outside the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. 1842
Advert, Elixir de Kempenaar, with view of London BridgeAdvert, Elixir de Kempenaar (a digestive liqueur from Antwerp, Belgium), with a view of London Bridge. circa 1900
Dunvilles whisky wagons in LondonLarge number of wagons, heavily laden with cases of Dunvilles world-famed V.R. whisky, travelling from St. Katherines Dock to Dunvilles London headquarters in Shaftesbury Avenue
Adverts, Archibald Aikman & Co, Alexander Jamieson & CoAdverts for Archibald Aikman & Co Ltd, Old Scotch Whiskies, Edinburgh, and Alexander Jamieson & Co Ltd, textile manufacturers, Darvel, Scotland. 1905
Adverts, J & G Cox Ltd, Arthur Bell & Sons, ScotlandAdverts for J & G Cox Ltd, glue manufacturers, Gorgie Mills, Edinburgh, and Arthur Bell & Sons, Old Scotch Whisky, Perth, Scotland. 1905
Adverts, T & H Smith Limited, John Beggs Scotch WhiskyAdverts for T & H Smith Limited, manufacturers of morphine and codeine, Edinburgh, London and Glasgow, and John Beggs Scotch Whisky, Royal Lochnagar Distillery, Scotland. 1905
Adverts, Brownlee & Co, J & R Tennent Limited, ScotlandAdverts for Brownlee & Co Limited, Timber Merchants, Glasgow, and J & R Tennent Limited, Brewers, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905
Design, Scotch Whisky. 1905
Advert, Old Scotch Whiskies, Edinburgh, ScotlandAdvert for Old Scotch Whiskies, Archibald Aikman & Co Ltd Wine Merchants, Edinburgh and London. 1905
Artwork by Florence Auerbach, flask of red wine, dated Florence, 1882. Date: 1882
Four smiling men with Guinness advert. Date: circa 1910s
Comic postcard, Scotsman with whisky and Scots dictionaryComic postcard, Scotsman with Old Scotch whisky and Scots dictionary. Date: circa 1910s
Advert for Dunvilles - Crowned King of Irish Whiskies 1924Advertisement for Dunvilles - the " Crowned King of Irish Whiskies". Dunville & Co. Ltd. - Royal Irish Distilleries, Belfast. 1924
The Double Scotch Mans Dream
Stationery, Taylor Walkers Prize Beers. 1943
Advert, When in Doubt Try Oakhill Stout. circa 1900
Stagecoach, Buchanans Black & White Scotch WhiskyAdvertising showcard, Stagecoach, Buchanans Black & White Scotch Whisky
Saint Bernard dog with puppy, Buchanans WhiskyAdvertising showcard, large Saint Bernard dog with puppy, Buchanans Black & White Scotch Whisky
Black & White terriers, Buchanans WhiskyAdvertising showcard, Black & White Scots and West Highland terrier dogs, Buchanans Whisky
The Great Pabst Brewery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, with an oval inset dating back to 1844 when the company began. Date: 1909
Cartoon, Souvenir of the Trip to Annapolis of the Anti-Anderson League, Baltimore, 27 February 1908. A satire on the prohibition of alcohol movement. Date: 1908
Breton fisherman holding a drink, Brittany, Northern France. Date: 1922
Vaults under London docks 1870Under the London Docks covering eighteen acres, were the finest vaults in the world, vast catacombs of the precious vintages garnered from every famous vineyard in the globe
Boy kneeling on the floor sorting out some glass jarsBoy kneeling on the floor in a dining room, sorting out some glass jars. Date: circa 1950s
William E Pussyfoot Johnson, American prohibitionistWilliam Eugene Pussyfoot Johnson (1862-1945), American campaigner against the consumption of alcohol, seated (right) at a table during an alcohol prohibition meeting in Britain. 1919
Booths Gin advertisement - The Grand Hotel, TorquayAdvertisement for Booths Dry Gin, one of a series featuring various smart hotel bars around the UK. This time its the bar at the Grand Hotel in Torquay
Single man drinking and smoking on a comic greetings card with verse and pull tab. Date: circa 1850s
Couple with champagne on a New Year postcard. Date: circa 1900s
