Publican Collection

High Street, Burntisland, Fifeshire
High Street, Burntisland, near Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland. Showing Green Tree Inn - Publican J Murray Date: 1900s

Silhouette of a landlord and his dog
Silhouette of a pub landlord with a glass of beer in his hand, his dog sitting at his feet. An advertisement for Worthington beer

Zacchaeus Converted
The calling and conversion of Zacchaus, a publican

ITALY. Ravenna. Basilica of Sant Apollinare Nuovo. The Pharisee and the publican in the Temple door. Scene of the miracles

Cartoon, The Great Trick Act (Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Great Trick Act -- a satirical comment on the Conservative Partys recent success in the General Election. Depicting Benjamin Disraeli as a female horse rider in a circus

Chad Valley, Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham - The White Swan (Publican: H. W. Mansell). Date: circa 1908

Cock Tavern, Great Portland Street / Margaret Street corner
The Cock Tavern - Great Portland Street / Margaret Street corner, London. Publican - Fred Spear. Date: 1910

WATERING THE WINE
The wine-merchant in his cellar at dead of night... 1905

Comic postcard, Bitter and port in a pub Date: 20th century

Regency gentleman with cudgel on a thoroughbred horse, while another loses his wig on a galloping steed. A Bit of Blood. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustration

Cartoon, The Winning Stroke (Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Winning Stroke -- a satirical comment on the Conservative Partys success in the recent General Election, depicting Benjamin Disraeli as a rower who believes that he has benefited

Birthday Greetings Postcard - Cockchafers call on Froggie
Birthday Greetings Postcard - Mr and Mrs Cockchafer (May Bugs or Doodlebugs) call on Froggie (who appears to be running an inn or pub) and present him with a bouquet of daisies on his Birthday

Matthew Skeggs, as Seignor Bumbasto, playing
Matthew Skeggs, in the character of Seignor Bumbasto, playing a broomstick instead of a cello with a bow. Skeggs was a publican and performer of musical tricks with the Choice Spirits

The General Election - Village Politicians
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Village Politicians. A local candidate giving a speech to the assembled clientelle at the local rural boozer... 1908

Jesus with the Publican and Pharisee and the tax collector

Elizabethan Minstrels outside a Tavern Date: circa 1600

Man standing in the street outside the public house & pawnbr
Slide showing a drawing of a man holding a ticket standing outside of a public house and a pawnbrokers, with the words: My head is bad, my pockets are empty; the pawnbrokers got my clothes

Rat Pit at The Swan Inn, Ash Ranges, Ash, Surrey
The Rat Pit at The Swan Inn, Ash Ranges, Ash, Surrey. Publican John Tupper (1817-1903) was celebrated for his breeding of sporting dogs and game cocks

Landlord and landlady in a pub. 1950s

The Pharisee and Publican - Luke 18. circa 1688

Caricature, Mr Cooper of the Albion Hotel -- Stout and Mild. 1881

Publican and customers outside pub, with a Bass Brewery car
Publican and customers outside a pub, some seated in a car sporting a model of a bottle of Bass Beer on the bonnet (likely a promotion car for the Brewery). Date: circa late 1900s

The Wheel Inn Public House, Worfield, Shropshire
The Wheel Inn Public House, Worfield, Bridgnorth, near Wolverhampton, Shropshire, England. Publican - H Gallant Date: 1900s

Serving warmed beer, Berlin, Germany
A bartender serving a customer with a warmed glass of beer, using a new electrical device, in Berlin, Germany. Date: circa 1930

Barman has a stern word with a disreputable customer who has been stealing pewter beer tankards, which he has been turning into coinage to bring back to spend at the same establishment

Pub bar and landlord, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Mr Bert Lindsell, the landlord of The Victory Pub in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, standing proudly behind his well-stocked bar. circa 1966

Huntsman enjoys a stirrup cup
A mounted Hunstman enjoys a traidtional stirrup cup - South Devon

Harvest Festival, White Hart pub, Worcestershire
Harvest Festival at the packed and rather smoky White Hart pub, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd 1960

W. P. Fairless, Publican
The publican W.P.Fairless of the Castle Howard Ox Hotel, York. He reportedly weighed 190 kg (30 stone) in 1935

Publican Repents, 1864
The landlord of the Grapes tavern empties casks and smashes bottles in the cellar, in order to repent the evils of his intemperate profession

Hunting Alphabet - P
P for the Publican - and oh yes, I think we could all of us do with a heart-warming drink !

Inviting Matthew
Jesus invites Levi the Publican to join him : he becomes the disciple and evangelist Matthew

A publican and his wife in an open carriage
A publican and his wife in their best clothes, travelling in an open carriage

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