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Sunday, August 20, 2017

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William Makepeace Thackeray cartoon drawing
a funny cartoon drawing by the famous writer William Makepeace Thackeray,  1862?
       
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Franz Von Stuck 1909? a young Bacchus
Franz Von Stuck,  1909?     "Young Bacchus"      see full size
       
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Ronald Searle, a sober man carrying his drunk woman
Ronald Searle
       
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a Ronald Searle alcohol cartoon
"Delightfully smoky aftertaste"    Ronald Searle
       
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Mabel Dwight, alcoholics in the street
Mabel Dwight
      see full size
       
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Walter Schnackenberg alcoholics
 Walter Schnackenberg
       
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Heinrich Zille alcoholics
 Heinrich Zille
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1963 Schlitz beer
1963 Schlitz beer
       
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London as it Is 1832, children's gin statistics
1832 London statistics for the busiest gin shops on Mondays was
Men 3146,  Women 2189,  Children 686 ... the child customers
for gin were probably sent by adults.
   
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London as it Is 1832, adulterated porter, additives to alcohol 1832
 1832 London statistics for alcohol  "Men not infrequently drink each from
two to three gallons of porter in one day."  (a dark beer)  "... many drugs
are employed to adulterate porter - Quassia,  Copperas,  Gentian,
Capsicum,  Coculus Indicus,  Grains of Paradise, 
Yew Tops and tobacco ..." 
     
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"The Grog Shop"  some 1834 facts of life,  from a children's schoolbook
     
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the finacial benefits of alcohol prohibition, from a 1916 sugar industry trade publication
an article about USA prohibition,  from a 1916 sugar industry
trade publication:  "A large percentage of all intoxicating liquors,
whiskeys, brandies, wines, beers, and ales represent only a chemical
re-arrangement of sugar.  When a drinker stops taking alcoholic
beverages, or even cuts down on them, he must and does 
use more sugar ..."  
     
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photograph of an ice holder & a shaker, 1930s?
an ice holder and a shaker,  1930s?
       
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David Downton, a windswept woman with champagne
David Downton
           
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a John Gilbert illustration for Dickens, Pickwick papers, poking the sleeping drunk
a John Gilbert illustration for Dickens
            
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an Enoch Bolles illustration of dark beer for Judge magazine, 1922
an Enoch Bolles illustration for Judge magazine,  1922
      
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a Peacock Lounge printed drink coaster
the "Peacock Lounge"
     
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a K Thylmann illustration 1916, drunken town party
a local celebration by K. Thylmann,  1916
     
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a Thomas Fluharty illustration of a tipsy couple in a bara Thomas Fluharty caricature illustration
     
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pen & ink by A. Bork, the thirsty hangover
a thirsty hangover by A. Bork      see full size
        
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a Bernie Fuchs illustration of a mug of beer
a Bernie Fuchs illustration
     
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Max Velthuijs 1967
 Max Velthuijs,  1967      see full size
     
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a John Bauer illustration, 1912
 a John Bauer illustration,  1912? 
    
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cold beer,  or is that England?
      
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four panels from a monthly Little Annie Fanny story in 1960s Playboy Magazine by artist Will Elder
 four panels by artist Will Elder,  from a monthly Little Annie Fanny story in 1960s Playboy Magazine ... at that time Playboy used the USA's top writers,  photographers and illustrators.  1950s MAD's old comic artists were hired to produce Little Annie Fanny including Harvey Kurtzman,  who I was privileged to meet in the 1970s
     
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an FJ Garner 1950 illustration of a happy liquor bottle
an F.J. Garner 1950 illustration
          
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a Bruno Paul cartoon illustration for a German social satire magazine, public drunkeness
 a Bruno Paul illustration for a German social satire magazine
     
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an Anders Zorn print of an older businessman with a drink
an Anders Zorn art print ... aged and mellow      see full size
     
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a Guinness advertisement, good taste stands out, tastefully unusual yet traditional
a Guinness advertisement
     
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a Jan Vermeer painting, Officer and Laughing Girl 1657
a Jan Vermeer painting "Officer and Laughing Girl"    around 1657
see full size
         
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an 1881 cartoon, Do thy spiriting gently, a man pouring a sloppy angry drink
"Do thy spiriting gently."   an 1881 cartoon
            

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