Cocktail Collection

Midnight In Napoli
Bo Anderson

Sobranie cigarettes advertisement, 1963
Advertisement for Sobranie Cocktail cigarettes, available in a variety of fancy rainbow colours with gold tips - like all the best parties well bred, well dressed and perfectly packed. Date: 1963

Edgar Degas: At the Cafe, or The Absinthe Drinker. Oil on canvas, 1873
DEGAS: ABSINTHE, 1873. Edgar Degas: At the Cafe, or The Absinthe Drinker. Oil on canvas, 1873

Seagers Gin Advert
A red-headed woman in a fetching pink party dress gets into the party spirit by mixing some cocktails with Seagers Gin

Booths Dry Gin advertisement at Gargoyle club
Advertisement for Booths Dry Gin showing George, the barman mixing some delicious cocktails. The Gargoyle Club on Meard Street was a regular haunt for many artists

Gebrauchsgrafik illustration, 1928
Highly stylised art deco illustration showing three people (one woman and two men) in evening dress, sitting on what look like cocktail stools

Huntley and Palmers Cocktail biscuit tin lid
Biscuit tin lid for Huntley and Palmers cocktail assorted biscuits. Just the thing to have with some...cocktails. Date: c.1935

The Cocktail Girl! By Alfred Leete
A surreal illustration of a lady made from cocktail paraphernalia, showing her leisurely smoking a cigarette

In the cocktail bar at Ciros Grill
Well-known personalities of the day caricatured by George Whitelaw in the cocktail bar at Ciros Grill, one of the premier nightspots in London in the early part of the 20th century

Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail bar
A flapper girl from the 1920s sitting at a cocktail bar on a high stool. She is slim, wears a slinky dress, and has a cigarette in a holder in her mouth. On the bar is her glass of champagne

Row of glasses on a bar with barman preparing mojito cocktails, Habana Vieja, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Gordons Gimlet Cocktail advertisement
Advertisement for pre-mixed Gordons Gimlet Cocktail. A gimlet traditionally includes gin, lime and soda. Date: 1935

Victor Stiebel / Dress
A fashion design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a blue paper taffeta cocktail dress. The diaphragm is swathed with darker shaded taffeta, which falls in two flat panels

Cocktail Girls 1950S 3 / 4
Two smiling, leggy young models enjoy a drink together at a cocktail bar. A towels is slunged nonchalantly over a bar stool. I hope they don t intend to drink & swim!

Wine & Drinks
Mette Handberg

Sloppy Joes Bar, Havana, Cuba, 1951. The world famous Sloppy Joes welcomed tourists for over four decades, and offered over 80 cocktails in addition to the bars own brand of 12 year old rum

Cocktail bar on the Flying Scotsman
The cocktail bar for third class passengers on the Flying Scotsman. Date: 1933

Mojito Cocktails at La Bodeguita del Medio, La Habana Vieja, Havana, La Habana Province, Cuba

Advert for Gordons Gin 1929
Advertisement for Gordons Gin, as endorsed by S. M. Jolly, bartender at the Ambassadors Club in London. 1929

Womans hand holding martini, close-up

A scene at a bar in Greenwich Village, after the repeal of Prohibition, 1933
PROHIBITION REPEAL, 1933. A scene at a bar in Greenwich Village, after the repeal of Prohibition, 1933

Cocktails by the pool

Steve Strange and Julia at The Blitz Club in Covent Garden. 13th February 1980

Local drinks on table Tlaquepaque, near Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

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Mexico, Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta, Frosted glass of a margarita cocktail served with ice and slice of lime with whole limes at side

The Cocktail King
A suave and self-satisfied man in a dinner jacket stands in front of a vast array of bottles on a dresser. Date: 1922

Booths Gin advertisement - the Blue Train restaurant
Advertisement for Booths gin advertisement featuring John, the cocktail barman of the Blue Train restaurant in Stratton Street, London

Cocktail Girls 1929
A trio of attractive young bar girls rustle up cocktails in shakers, wearing what may fairly be described as revealing outfits; its all good for business

Negroni Bauhaus Cocktail
Retrodrome

Negroni At Sunset
Bo Anderson

New York society women enjoy their first legal drink after the repeal of the Volstead Act
PNP252058 New York society women enjoy their first legal drink after the repeal of the Volstead Act in 1933 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

The Dogs Bath Club in Beauchamp Place, London where every imaginable facility was available for pampered pooches

Carpe Diem
Delphine Devos

Historical Bodeguita del Medio cocktail bar, renowned due many famous patrons, and for being the birth place of the Mojito cocktail, Old Havana, Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Elizabeth Ponsonby with cocktail shaker and glasses
Miss Elizabeth Ponsonby (later the Hon. Mrs Dennis Pelly), one of the Bright Young Things of the 1920s, and daughter of Arthur Ponsonby a senior minister in the Labour government

Asprey non-spill drink sets and trolleys advertisement, 1935
Advertisement for a variety of cocktail trays and trolleys from the luxury brand, Asprey, in chrome and glass, all of which have the nifty advantage of never spilling your drinks

Advert for Finnigans, New Bond Street, London, W1
Black and white advert in the Sketch for Finnigans of New Bond Street, London, featuring their Private Cocktail Bar which was...fitted at Back with shelves and compartments for Glasses, Bottles, etc

A Little Supper Party by Hal Bevan Petman
Front cover of The Bystander featuring an illustration of a flirtatious looking flapper girl, enjoying a drink and a cigarette, but, apparently, very little food

Mappin & Webb cocktail set advertisement
Advertisement for cocktail and liqueur sets by Mappin & Webb featuring two men and a woman enjoying drinks around a cocktail cabinet. Date: 1927

Cocktails by Baird
A wonderful, stylised illustration showing a fashionable flapper girl not only drinking a cocktail but hallucinating about them also

Cocktail fashion, 1958
A woman wearing a white lace cocktail dress by Bijou, enjoys a cocktail at what is now considered quite a kitsch, Tiki-style bar

Victor Stiebel / Twenties
Design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for an elegant evening or cocktail dress in royal blue with embellished assymetric hem and drop-waist. Shoes & jewellery match dress

Molotov Cocktail Factory
Factory for the manufacture of the Molotov cocktail, a uniquely Russian disintegrating bomb

Paris Ladies Cocktails
Two fashionable ladies sit at a bar in Paris, sipping cocktails and chatting to the barman

Champagne tower_1
Pictufy Studio III

A Martini Glass

Shelburne Hostesses
The famous Shelburne Hostesses from the Shelburne Lounge, cocktail bar, Lexington Avenue, New York

Dogs Club Cocktail Bar
The Dogs Club Cocktail Bar, where privileged dog owners can enjoy drinks with both their human and canine friends

Brazil, City of Rio de Janeiro, Urca, Caipirinha on the Praia Vermelha with the Sugarloaf Mountain in the background

Cosmopolitan Cocktail retro poster vector wall art Cosmopolitan Cocktail retro poster. Classic cocktail with recipe digital print. Popular alcohol drink

Woman and Wine 1912 Edwardian theatre poster by Dudley Hardy with a lady rather wasting her champagne

A cartoon illustration of a margarita ready to give a hug

New poster announcing reopening of Long Bar, Raffles Hotel, Singapore on August 2019, home of the iconic Singapore Sling cocktail after restoration

Happy birthday icons on white background. Vector illustration set

Coconut isolated on white background. Tropical set, Watercolor sketch object Coconut isolated on white background. Tropical set, Watercolor sketch

Martini cocktail with green olives on marble board. Copy space. Top view Martini cocktail with green olives on marble board. Copy space. Top view

Cocktails on Bar, Valletta, Malta

A sign hanging outside a bar in Vinales Town, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

The historical La Confiteria cocktail bar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Cuba, Havana, Havana Vieja, La Bodeguita del Medio, birthplace of the Mojito cocktail, a Mojito

Frozen Bob Marley Cocktail, Doctors Cave Beach, Montego Bay, St
" Frozen Bob Marley" Cocktail, Doctors Cave Beach, Montego Bay, St. James Parish, Jamaica

Glasses of Aigua de Valencia cocktail served in an outdoor bar of Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

South America, Brazil, a glass of caipirinha Brazils national cocktail, made with cachaca (sugar cane hard liquor), sugar and lime, on a tropical Brazilian beach PR

Miss Inez Holden. Beatrice Inez Lisette (Paget) Holden (1903-1974) was a British writer and Bohemian social figure and journalist, also known for her association with George Orwell. Date: 1932

Club in the Latin Quarter of Montparnasse, Paris, 1920s
A scene in the bohemian environment of a club in the Latin Quarter of Montparnasse, Paris, during the 1920s

Summer drinks
Dina Belenko

Ray Rastall, the undisputed King of Cocktails, at Rays Bar, the Hotel Leofric, Coventry, pictured 10th April 1983. Ray has worked at the Leofric ever since it first opened in 1950

Fashion: Miss South Africa (Miss World). Annaline Kriel. March 1975 75-01350-015

WHITE TIE & TAILS 1913 WHITE TIE & TAILS 1913
Two debonair men-about-town wear evening dress clothes of white tie & black tailcoat, top hat, wing collar & dress pumps. One wears a cape with silk faced collar & lapels. Date: 1913

Margharita cocktail (tequila, triple sec and lime) at sunset, Otres Beach, Sihanoukville, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Drunk Man
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Traditional products and drinks on sale at a beach kiosk, Antigua, Antigua & Barbuda, Caribbean, West Indies

Cocktail, Canouan Island, Grenadine Islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean

Pisco Sour Cocktail, Museo del Pisco Bar, Lima, Peru, South America

Museo del Pisco Bar, Lima, Peru, South America

A Pisco Sour cocktail served at the Astrid & Gaston restaurant, San Isidro, Lima, Peru. Astrid & Gaston was named among the 50 Best Restaurants of Latin America

David Jason actor, holding cocktail and cigar Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses, 1991

Peru, Paracas, Hilton Hotel Paracas, Blue Martini, Ica Region

Cuba, Trinidad, Bar La Canchanchara - famous for its house cocktail made from rum, honey, lemon and water

Welcome Drinks, Canouan Island, Saint Vincent, Caribbean

South America, Peru, Lima. A pisco sour cocktail made with Peruvian Pisco as the base liquor, lime juice, syrup, ice, egg white, and Angostura bitters

Tropical drink at Hotel Cardoso, Maputo, Mozambique

Waitress serving three cocktails, Bolzano province, South Tyrol, Trentino Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Cocktails at Posada La Nube, Colonial Town of Barichara, Colombia, South America

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Step back in time and indulge in the allure of the cocktail, a timeless symbol of sophistication and indulgence. From Edgar Degas' captivating painting "At the Cafe, or The Absinthe Drinker, " to Sobranie cigarettes' alluring 1963 advertisement, these glimpses into history transport us to an era where cocktails reigned supreme. Imagine yourself seated at a glamorous bar in the roaring twenties, surrounded by flapper girls exuding confidence and charm. As you sip on your favorite concoction from a Huntley and Palmers Cocktail biscuit tin lid-turned-glass, you can't help but feel like part of a secret society that embraces pleasure without inhibition. The mystique deepens as you encounter Booths Dry Gin's seductive advertisement at the Gargoyle club. The illustration by Gebrauchsgrafik in 1928 captures the essence of this hidden world, where gin flows freely amidst dimly lit corners and whispered conversations. Transporting ourselves further through time, we find Diana Dors enchanting audiences with her beauty in Maurice Elveys' film "My Wife's Lodger" from 1952. Her presence evokes images of elegant parties filled with laughter and clinking glasses. In Havana Vieja, row upon row of glasses glisten on a bar as a skilled bartender prepares mojito cocktails with precision. This scene embodies both tradition and innovation—a testament to how cocktails have evolved over time while retaining their timeless appeal. Gordon's Gimlet Cocktail advertisement beckons us closer with its promise of refreshment—an invitation to escape reality for just one moment. And who could resist Alfred Leete's whimsical artwork titled "The Cocktail Girl. "? It encapsulates the spirit of fun and adventure that accompanies every sip taken from those enticing glasses.