17th century English drunk playing a drinking game

17th century English drunk playing a drinking game. He must drink more if the last drop from an empty glass covers the edge of his fingernail. Tasting. A drunkard's joys consist in tast, Who sucks as long as life will last. An empty glass on touchstone thumb, Is standard supernaculum. Possibly from an original print in The merry conceited five senses, Robert Walton, 1661. Copperplate engraving by David Deuchar from A Collection of Etchings after the most Eminent Masters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, Edinburgh, 1803

17th Century Alcoholic Alcoholism Booze David Deuchar Drop Drunk Drunkard Engraver Master Painter Old Master Seal Engraver Taste Tasting

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