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Five elderly people sit at a table drinking port as one man tells a story. Etching, c. 1795.

Three episodes about the fate of Mr. Rapp's party guests, after an evening of overindulgence. Letterpress and wood engraving.

Mr. Lambkin at a party with some unsavoury looking company. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

A drunken party with men smoking, sleeping and falling to the floor. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1731, after himself.

The interior of a tavern with men and women carousing at a table and children on the floor. Mezzotint, early 19th century, after A. van Ostade.

A drunken party with men smoking, sleeping and falling to the floor. Engraving after W. Hogarth.

A man commenting on the beauty of women at a ball, his friend (a dentist) implies that the perfection of their smiles is due to him. Wood engraving after C. Keene, c.1882.

A drunken party with sailors and their women drinking, smoking, and dancing wildly as a band plays. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank.

A discussion between a man and woman at a party (above) and a patient asking a doctor if it is necessary for him to have an operation (below). Process print after W. Lunt, 1913.

A tired and drunk doctor attending a patient, after being called away from a bridge game at a social event. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1874.

Local people gathered in a Scottish smithy for food and drink. Etching by W. Lizars, 18--.

Cakes & ale : a dissertation on banquets, interspersed with various recipes, more or less original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious / by Edward Spencer.

Novel ways of entertaining / by Florence Hull Winterburn and others.

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A tired and drunk doctor attending a patient, after being called away from a bridge game at a social event. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1874.

Local people gathered in a Scottish smithy for food and drink. Etching by W. Lizars, 18--.

Mr. Lambkin at a party with some unsavoury looking company. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Cakes & ale : a dissertation on banquets, interspersed with various recipes, more or less original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious / by Edward Spencer.

Novel ways of entertaining / by Florence Hull Winterburn and others.