Drunkard Collection (page 2)

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a corpulent man eating at a dining table with a knife and fork. Death and the Glutton. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by

Illustration, Christopher Sly, The Taming of the Shrew. 19th century

Drunkards cloak
Man wearing a barrel with openings for head, arms and feet, covering his body, walked up and down the streets to punishment. Date: 15th century

CRUIKSHANK / THE GIN SHOP
The drunkard having signed the pledge goes with his family to church. plate 10 of 12 Date: 1868

Scene in a dance hall -- Cruikshank
A popular dance hall in the East End of London -- a brother and sister get into undesirable company. Date: circa 1850

Belgian Proverb - He who drank will drink. Date: circa 1908

Hic Jacet - Here Lies - drunken man collapsed in gutter
(hic!) jacet (translated from the Latin: " Here Lies" ) - a drunken Londoner collapsed in gutter, his umbrella and hat discarded onto the street in his stupor. Date: circa 1890s

Cada cual tiene su suerte, la tuya es de borracho hasta la muerte (Everyone has his luck, yours is to be drunkard till death). Caricature of Joseph Bonaparte during his kingdom in Spain as Joseph I

Drunkard and bottle with comic verse on a Christmas card
Drunkard giving a red pillar box a cigar and a drink from a bottle, with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Comic postcard, Drunken man in the street, hanging onto a belisha beacon, seeing triple and feeling ill Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, drunkard in cemetery Date: 20th century

Comic German postcard -- drunkard in the toilet
Comic German postcard by Arthur Thiele -- a drunkard collapses at the side of a toilet. Date: early 20th century

The Way Home - a drunken Russian man staggering home
" The Way Home" - a drunken Russian man staggering homeward, about to incur the not insubstantial wrath of his wife

Victorian family with drunkard husband
Slide showing a picture of a man and a woman talking with two children. The woman is pointing at a shop with a sign saying Christmas Gin with a man in torn clothes walking past. Part of Box 366

Joshua Poole
JOSHUA POOLE known as Fiddler Joss Yorkshire drunkard and wife- beater, who was converted and became a much-respected evangelist. Date: 1826 - 1908

Irish drinker receives warning at Taproom door from Priest
" Ye re not goin into that Public House, are ye, Tim?" " Shure, oi am, Yer Riverance." " Then, do ye know the Divel in goin in wid ye." " Faith, thin

Waking from Sleep - Drunkard waking from sleep. Part of Box 79 Boswell Collection. Timothy Crab. Date: circa 1900

Caricature of the actor Charles Warner
Caricature of the English actor Charles Warner, in the role of a drunkard. late 19th century

Path of a Drunkard
The path of a drunkard is a story of degradation from polite civility to filthy clothes and unruly behaviour. Date: 1866

Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 9
This is the paper, the poor drunkard signed, Which was brought by the pastor, so noble and kind, Who pitied the woman, with wobegone face, And her husband, the drunkard

Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 7
This is the woman, with wobegone face, The wife of the drunkard, in rags and disgrace, Who is served by the lady, all jewels and lace, The wife of the landlord who coins his bright gold

Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 8
This is the pastor, so noble and kind, Who pitied the woman, with wobegone face, And the husband, the drunkard, in rags and disgrace, Who is served by the lady, all jewels and lace

Church Minister caught in a rather worse-for-wear state " Eh, Meenester, what ud the Congregation think if I wos to tell tem I saw you in this condeeshun?" " Mon" (hic)

Father O Flynn unconvinced by drunks claim to sober
Father O Flynn - " Pat, you re dhrunk again." Pat - " Oi m not, Yer Riverence." Father O Flynn - " Yis ye are, Pat; an if ye were not, you wouldn t deny it." !!

Body confidence of a diminutive ruffian
" Shure, if oi was as big a ye-self oid woipe the flure wid yez, little as oi am!" Date: 1900

Old soak yokel in smock claiming not to have been drinking
The Squire Daughter - " Jerry, a little bird told me you had to much to drink yesterday!" Jerry - " Wel, my lady

Old actor living off past glories
Hasn t worked in years... Young Actor: " Hello! Guv nor. Doing anything?" Ols Stager: " No, my boy. As a fact of fact, I ve done nothing since Poor Mac died

An old actor lays down the law to a journalist
Old actor (laying down the law to Journalist) - " And let me tell you that when I speak, I know what I m talking about, I ve seen the world - Peckham - everywhere!" Date: 1900

Boasting actor submits acting claim to Sir Henry Irving
Tradgedian (disappointed) - " You should see me play amlet, Irvin! Why, I could act is bloomin ead off!" Sir Henry Irving looks less than impressed with this claim by a jobbing actor rather

Anywhere to escape from the wife
Wife (to Lion Tamer who has been out late) - " You Coward!" Date: 1892

Cheeky London vagrant asks a smart lady for a kiss. " I never give money away on the street." " Well, then, give us a kiss Lydie." !!! Date: circa 1897

Drunken Gentleman requesting a clove off a Policeman
Drunken Gentleman in multiple stages of disarray requests a clove from a London Policeman in order to disguise (fat chance!) the evidence that he has been boozing. Date: circa 1890s

Street Character from the East End of London by Phil May. Date: circa 1890s

Wit of a toothless old soak when faced with Sally Army pair
The witty reposte of a toothless old soak when faced with a pair of Salvation Army women: Salvation Sal (to village toper) - " If thou doesn t mend thy ways, Ben Bosker

Federal Theatre Project presents The drunkard or the fallen saved Originally produced by PT Barnum in his museum: A rip-roaring melodrama with thrills & laughter!

Parisian Snubs Drink Law
A Parisian drunkard scorns a notice about drink laws. Date: circa 1890

Absinthe drinkers in a Paris cafe
Absinthe drinkers (Verlaine and his companions) in a Paris cafe. Date: 1907

The Night-in-Gale (Gaol) by George Ranstead
Humorous cartoon depicting a well-dressed reveller sitting resignedly in a prison cell following some sort of misdemeanour the previous evening

Vagrant and policeman outside Truth Offices
A policeman shines his torch down on a vagrant asleep on the pavement outside the offices of the Truth weekly newspaper

Policemen arrest a drunk
Cartoon postcard by Phil May - The New Licensing Act - two policemen escort a (once) smartly-dressed drunkard for a night in the cells to sober up

Humourous Russian postcard
Laughing at the Fat Pig - a humourous Russian postcard poking fun at a rotund Russian farmer (possibly having had a vodka too many) who has fallen asleep in the pig sty

Haunted by Drink, 1873
Ten thousand devils haunt him, day and night; haunt him alike in darkness and in light : the torment of a drunkard portrayed

Characterful Faces
A selection of unsavoury characters showing different emotions including ruthlessness & loathing. A toothless old hag, a drunkard, a baby & an axeman are shown

Two policemen guide a drunken man home -- Heres a hand my trusty friend. He rewards their kindness by singing all the way home!

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