This 19th-century engraving is a satirical and moralizing image denouncing excessive alcoholism... 插畫檔

A man sitting in an armchair pours the contents of a large vessel straight into his mouth with his head thrown back. The gesture is deliberately grotesque: he is no longer drinking, he is gulping. On the left, a hand points toward him. It does not physically stop the man, but denounces and warns him. The gesture stands for a witness, a relative, or society itself seeing the excess and trying to interrupt it through reproach: “Stop, look at what you are doing.”The whole scene is typical of temperance illustrations of the period. Alcoholism appears as a dangerous vice leading to ruin and sometimes madness. The main subject remains clearly drunkenness and excess, which the accusing hand seeks to condemn and prevent. ► Vintage engraving circa late 19th century. Digital restoration by Pictore. Free of AI