So, listen to these lovely people: If you are interested in the history of absinthe (or alcohol in general), France and North Africa, do have a look at my book #TheHourOfAbsinthe!
🗃️🍸 #DrinkingStudies
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This images shows a sketch from a newspaper, in black on yellowish paper. It shows a room with a couple of plants in the background. A middle-aged man in formal clothes sits in a chair, his back towards the readers, but turning around to them. Around him are luxury items: paintings, a statue, a gramophone, some bottles of alcohol, books and more. In his hand, the man holds a bottle of absinthe, smiling. Under the image, it says: "Le Meilleur Cadeau du jour de l'an. - Voilà le seul Cadeau utile que le patron ait reçu pour ses étrennes: une bouteille d'Oxygénée Cusenier!" Translation into English is in the post. This sketch is by the French book illustrator Joseph Hémard and was published in "Le Sourire", on the 21th of December 1907, p. 10.
Bit belated - but happy new year to all my followers! This sketch for the absinthe brand Cusenier from 1907 claims that Cusenier is "the best New Year's gift - This is the only useful gift the boss received for New Year's: a bottle of Cusenier Oxygénée!" 🗃️🍸 #DrinkingStudies #Absinthe #AlcoholAdverts
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of the early Third Republic. Well-researched and refreshingly free of jargon, it will undoubtedly be the canonical work on the history of absinthe for years to come." Thank you! I can only say: Listen to Adam & read my book: h-france.net/h-france-rev... #DrinkingStudies #Absinthe #FrenchHistory 🗃️🍸
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Cover of the collection The Irish Pub, showing a pub, with a figure in the doorway. The title of the book is where the pub sign would be
Admiring this handsome 500pp collection from Cork University Press, with a few names I recognise (Elizabeth Malcolm for eg) and lots of others that are new to me. Lots of beautiful colour plates too, and plenty of index entries for 'snugs' #drinkingstudies
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I spoke with the wonderful Diana Abbani about my book "The Hour of Absinthe", published as part of the #MECAM blog series on TRAFO (the Blog for Transregional Research): trafo.hypotheses.org/60708
Do have a look! 🗃️🍸 #DrinkingStudies #Absinthe #HistoryOfAlcohol #Colonialism #ColonialHistory #Maghreb
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Durfte letztes Jahr einen Beitrag zum Band "Gefährlicher Genuss?" beitragen und die Entwicklung der materiellen #Trinkkultur im ländlichen #Westfalen darstellen. Einige Kolleg*innen des Bandes machen auf dem #Historikertag eine Sektion zum Thema, wer also Interesse an #DrinkingStudies hat, anmelden😉
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Unsere Sektion wird noch ein paar Wochen im Gedankenfass reifen, aber es wird eine Freude, zusammen mit Sina Fabian und @mareenheying.bsky.social unsere Ergebnisse dem Publikum am @historikertag.bsky.social einzuschenken!
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Echt jetzt, GEO Epoche? Sesshaftigkeit wegen Bier, das erzählt das #Biermuseum in München auch...
#beer #drinkingstudies
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Nächste Woche spreche ich in Leipzig über meine #Habil und #Wein, die #EU, #europeanhistory, #drinkingStudies ... - vielleicht hat ja wer Lust, vorbei zu schauen?
Ich freue mich jedenfalls schon sehr auf die Diskussion!
www.sozphil.uni-leipzig.de/institut-fue...
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Came across on of these "in the wild" - in Stockholm of all places! I spotted it in the street, on the wall of the Bistrot "Pastis"! #DrinkingStudies 🗃🍸
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![This image shows a black sketch on yellowish paper. It shows a court room, with the defendant (who has dark hair and a moustache and is wearing a coat) in the front. We see him half from the back. He is holding up his right arm. In the background are two men in dark-clothes, staring at the defendant. Below the sketch, it says, in French: "Swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. - I swear. - Tell us what you know. - What I know? That the one, the only, the best [drink], is Oxygénée Cusenier. Is that the truth?"
This image was published in "Le Sourire" on the 09.12.1905, p.11.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gv3zltrq5kwet2qrmzlowwyi/bafkreifjuo7tahe6tvom3dyp4wzcvbdcld5pakvlp2arctygjase4asjvu)
This image shows a black sketch on yellowish paper. It shows a court room, with the defendant (who has dark hair and a moustache and is wearing a coat) in the front. We see him half from the back. He is holding up his right arm. In the background are two men in dark-clothes, staring at the defendant. Below the sketch, it says, in French: "Swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. - I swear. - Tell us what you know. - What I know? That the one, the only, the best [drink], is Oxygénée Cusenier. Is that the truth?" This image was published in "Le Sourire" on the 09.12.1905, p.11.
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. Warning - it is rather gruesome. It shows a group of men in a room. In the centre is a man sitting on a stool, labelled in the description as Jean Hiroux, a mythical criminal in 19th-century France. He wears striped trousers and a white shirt. His head is shaved and his hands are bound behind his back. To his right is an older man in a uniform with keys in his left hand - clearly the jailer. On the left and behind the prisoner are five other men, all wearing black clothes and looking very serious. One of them is talking to the prisoner, while another one does something to his neck - perhaps measuring him? Below the image it says in French: "Supreme deception. Jean Hiroux. - I don't care that they refused me my pardon... But that I should be refused a Oxygénée Cusenier, that's barbarism! ..." This image was published in "Le Sourire" on the 13.02.1909, p.10.
![This image shows a black sketch on yellowish paper. It shows a scene in a court room. On the right hand side is a group of three men. The one in the middle is the defendant, who is standing up and talking to the judges in the background. He is dark-haired and has a moustache. He wears striped trousers and a dark coat. Behind him is a man in a uniform. In front of him, on a bench, there is another man, perhaps his lawyer? In the background, on the left is a second set of three men, all judges. While two of them smile at the defendant, the one in the middle ("Le Président", older and with a white beard) looks very serious and his hand is raised, in refusal.
Below the image it says in French: "Le Président. - So you were drinking before you killed your victim... What did you drink? Absinthe? - The accused. - Yes, mon Président. Unfortunately for me it wasn't Oxygénée Cusenier... The resident [sic]. - No advertising here! Say rather why you wanted to make the corpse disappear. The accused. - Why, mon Président, the cloak was in the way [a pun, because this phrase "l'occis gênait" sounds like l'Oxygénée]... The President. - Once again, I repeat, no advertising here!"
This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 16.01.1909, p.9.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gv3zltrq5kwet2qrmzlowwyi/bafkreie7jcwwhrb2zhxqubp7wrrjhshzloc3k32yzqegqvenbpoyrhklyu)
This image shows a black sketch on yellowish paper. It shows a scene in a court room. On the right hand side is a group of three men. The one in the middle is the defendant, who is standing up and talking to the judges in the background. He is dark-haired and has a moustache. He wears striped trousers and a dark coat. Behind him is a man in a uniform. In front of him, on a bench, there is another man, perhaps his lawyer? In the background, on the left is a second set of three men, all judges. While two of them smile at the defendant, the one in the middle ("Le Président", older and with a white beard) looks very serious and his hand is raised, in refusal. Below the image it says in French: "Le Président. - So you were drinking before you killed your victim... What did you drink? Absinthe? - The accused. - Yes, mon Président. Unfortunately for me it wasn't Oxygénée Cusenier... The resident [sic]. - No advertising here! Say rather why you wanted to make the corpse disappear. The accused. - Why, mon Président, the cloak was in the way [a pun, because this phrase "l'occis gênait" sounds like l'Oxygénée]... The President. - Once again, I repeat, no advertising here!" This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 16.01.1909, p.9.
Court cases - many of them murder cases! - are also often "humorously" depicted in these Oxygénée Cusenier sketches in "Le Sourire". In these, absinthe either played a role in the crimes or the defendants referred to absinthe to prove their truthfulness or humanity. Very strange! #DrinkingStudies 🗃️🍸
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This looks amazing! #DrinkingStudies 🍸🗃
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This year's @bavs-uk.bsky.social conference is looking fantastic, I'm really looking forward to seeing old friends *and* presenting on a #drinkingstudies panel alongside @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social and Annemarie McAllister 🥂
www.english.ox.ac.uk/bavs2025
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Hallo Tübingen! Das richtige Gebäude hab' ich schon mal gefunden - in einer Stunde geht's los!
#Wein
#drinkingstudies
#europeanhistory
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Ich freu mich schon sehr, wieder mehr aus dem Habil-Nähkästchen (oder der Habil-Flasche?!) zu erzählen!
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![This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a scene in a mountain, during the day. A man is shown as having fallen from a mountain, his fall stopped by a branch through parts of his clothing. He is hanging, currently, from this branch. Above him is another man, at the top of that ravine, on his hands and knees, looking over the edge and shouting down to the man. Behind them, one can see a bird in the sky and mountains.
Below this image it says, in French: "Be brave! ... I'm going down to the village to get some ropes! ... - Don't forget to bring up a good [glass or bottle of] Oxygénée Cusenier at the same time."
This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 08.12.1906, p. 10.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gv3zltrq5kwet2qrmzlowwyi/bafkreiht6nxk2fnlbsicbhb2q5q27ey2ewkinyvsil2zld5kpf5hrj775a)
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a scene in a mountain, during the day. A man is shown as having fallen from a mountain, his fall stopped by a branch through parts of his clothing. He is hanging, currently, from this branch. Above him is another man, at the top of that ravine, on his hands and knees, looking over the edge and shouting down to the man. Behind them, one can see a bird in the sky and mountains. Below this image it says, in French: "Be brave! ... I'm going down to the village to get some ropes! ... - Don't forget to bring up a good [glass or bottle of] Oxygénée Cusenier at the same time." This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 08.12.1906, p. 10.
![This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a scene in the mountains, during the day. It shows two figures, behind them trees and the mountains. The figure at the top of the image shows a young woman in elegant clothes, with a hat and a walking stick in her left hand, looking down and smiling at the other figure, a man. She is holding her hat with her right hand and wearing dainty boots. The man is wearing outdoorsy clothes and a hat. He has a mustache and carries a walking stick in his right hand. He is looking up at the woman, smiling.
Below this image, it says in French: "Him. - Sapristi, what strength! You can see that before leaving you drank a green Oxygénée Cusenier. - Her. - Sorry, my dear, I took two [glasses]..., one to take me up [the mountain] and the other to take me down."
This image is published in "Le Sourire" on the 29.06.1907, p. 10.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gv3zltrq5kwet2qrmzlowwyi/bafkreib7wb47r372baxf7jcabyao43m64rrdrvwdwhwk5yn3lxh5xzux2e)
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a scene in the mountains, during the day. It shows two figures, behind them trees and the mountains. The figure at the top of the image shows a young woman in elegant clothes, with a hat and a walking stick in her left hand, looking down and smiling at the other figure, a man. She is holding her hat with her right hand and wearing dainty boots. The man is wearing outdoorsy clothes and a hat. He has a mustache and carries a walking stick in his right hand. He is looking up at the woman, smiling. Below this image, it says in French: "Him. - Sapristi, what strength! You can see that before leaving you drank a green Oxygénée Cusenier. - Her. - Sorry, my dear, I took two [glasses]..., one to take me up [the mountain] and the other to take me down." This image is published in "Le Sourire" on the 29.06.1907, p. 10.
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a man standing on two rocks in the mountains, during the day. He is wearing outdoorsy clothes and a hat. He carries some sort of a backpack and a long walking stick. Below him, it says in French: "Drinking Oxygénée Cusenier means drinking the obstacle - There are no more Pyrenees... and the Himalayas are just a molehill for the traveller with a bottle of Oxygénée Cusenier in his bag!" This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 16.05.1908, p. 10.
![This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a scene in the mountains, during the day. On the left hand side is a cliff face with a man (with a mustache) currently falling from it, feet first. His hat and walking stick and a couple of small rocks are falling, currently, above him. He is looking down, towards a waiter, who is looking up to him. We see the waiter from the back. Next to the waiter and below the falling men are tables. In the back, a couple is sitting at the table. In the very back, another couple is enjoying the view of the mountains.
Below the image, it says in French: "Quick, waiter, quick! ... A [glass of] Oxygénée Cusenier."
This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 17.08.1907, p. 10.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gv3zltrq5kwet2qrmzlowwyi/bafkreiewozgxtnfv5fx6y7q3g7mv7gz2foihum67gm4gcc5bpjpo73hfha)
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a scene in the mountains, during the day. On the left hand side is a cliff face with a man (with a mustache) currently falling from it, feet first. His hat and walking stick and a couple of small rocks are falling, currently, above him. He is looking down, towards a waiter, who is looking up to him. We see the waiter from the back. Next to the waiter and below the falling men are tables. In the back, a couple is sitting at the table. In the very back, another couple is enjoying the view of the mountains. Below the image, it says in French: "Quick, waiter, quick! ... A [glass of] Oxygénée Cusenier." This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 17.08.1907, p. 10.
Another thematic cluster in these Cusenier sketches in "Le Sourire" particularly surprises & amuses me: mountaineering! Oxygénée Cusenier was depicted as a force of energy - for men & women! - both when the mountain climbing was successful & when it was evidently not! #DrinkingStudies #Absinthe 🗃️🍸
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This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows two middle-aged women, notably not as thin and elegant as the upper-class women usually depicted in these sketches. It is inside and behind them seems to be a laundry tub and perhaps a pile of clothes. The woman on the left is seen from the front. She is wearing simple clothes, covered by an apron. She might be missing a tooth. The woman on the left is seen from behind. She is wearing more elegant clothes and turned towards the first woman. Below them it says, in French: "A bit crude, but so right! - Don't complain, Mélanie! ... You're lucky to be as strong as you are and to do all that hard work! ... - So, madam, do you think that Oxygénée Cusenier is for dogs? ..." This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 01.02.1908, p. 10.
This image is a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows two women walking along a street. Behind them you can see a branch of a tree and an advert, covered by the woman on the right, but clearly for "Oxygénée Cusenier". The woman on the right is a young, thin, dark-haired woman in elegant clothes. She is wearing an extravagant hat and a fur stole. The woman behind her is a servant, middle-aged and and more robust, carrying a basket. Both of them are looking towards the reader, the servant is smiling. Below them it says, in French: "Haven't we forgotten something, Marie? - Oh no, madame! I've got the two bottles of Oxygénée Cusenier." This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 23.02.1910, p. 10.
Working-class women - consumers of Cusenier or not! - were depicted very differently. While bourgeoises were shown as daintily enjoying a glass of absinthe, working-class drinkers were depicted as gaining strength through it - clearly interpreted as a masculine attribute! #DrinkingStudies 🗃️🍸
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![This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It depicts two elegant dark-haired women, standing outside, during the day, in a city. Both are wearing hats.
Below the image it says, in French: "- Listen, my dear, I envy you, you should tell me the secret of your cheerfulness and freshness. - [It is] Simply my good stomach. I eat well and digest well: drink Oxygénée Cusenier, like me."
This image was published in "Le Sourire" on the 13.01.1906, p. 10.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gv3zltrq5kwet2qrmzlowwyi/bafkreifbcam7obnpx5ohbjgfeaxj6yeqtxwfqnhjgylpl7o7iqan5uumf4)
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It depicts two elegant dark-haired women, standing outside, during the day, in a city. Both are wearing hats. Below the image it says, in French: "- Listen, my dear, I envy you, you should tell me the secret of your cheerfulness and freshness. - [It is] Simply my good stomach. I eat well and digest well: drink Oxygénée Cusenier, like me." This image was published in "Le Sourire" on the 13.01.1906, p. 10.
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows two women standing in a bedroom. On the left, behind the women is a dressing table, while there might be a bed behind them on the right. The woman on the left is a dark-haired young woman in an elegant wedding dress. Her hands are folded behind her back. The woman on the right is an older woman, white-haired, with a tear on her face and described as the mother in the description. She has her left hand on the younger woman's shoulder. In her right hand, she holds a glass. Below the image it says, in French: "Wedding night - The mother. - My dear child, at this solemn and... critical moment in your life, this will be more useful and supportive than all my advice and warnings: drink this Oxygénée Cusenier." This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 07.07.1906, p. 10.
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows three figures on a blank background. The one in the front is an elegant young woman, in an extravagant hat and carrying a handbag in her right hand and a little dog on her left hand. She is looking back. Behind her is a man, also wearing elegant clothes, carrying many large parcels. He is speaking with the woman in front of him. Behind him is a boy in uniform - a porter - carrying two large boxes. Below them it says, in French: "No, but... with this, do you need nothing more? - Yes, to water it all, some Oxygénée Cusenier." This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 04.05.1911, p. 13.
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a room with two women in them, both are wearing elegant clothes. The one on the left is sitting down and seems to be wearing a fur coat. The one on the right - the one living in this place, probably - is standing and hands the other a glass. Behind them is a little table with another glass on, another little table with a flower arrangement and possibly a painting. Below them, it says in French: "The 'Five o'clock tea' is no longer fashionable! The chic hour is that of Oxygénée Cusenier." This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 12.01.1907, p. 10.
When it comes to women who consumed Oxygénée Cusenier, they were often depicted (in "Le Sourire" in the early 20th century) as very elegant & upper-class. As can be seen in the one with the title "Wedding Night", their consumption was however also regularly sexualised! #DrinkingStudies #Absinthe 🗃️🍸
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This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a scene outside, with two trees in the foreground, framing the sketch. It shows a hotel, with two tables outside. At one of these tables is a couple, kissing, hidden by the large hat of the woman. In the door is a waiter, carrying a bottle - of Cusenier - to them. In the foreground is a man, wearing a top hat and a walking stick, looking at them. Below them, it says, in French: "The colonel's trick. - What a joker the colonel is! I can see his famous trick with the women! He makes them drink Oxygénée Cusenier and they can no longer resist him!" This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 28.05.1910, p. 10.
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. it shows a couple, walking along a street or perhaps across a bridge. Day. In the background, there are trees and parts of building. In the foreground is a couple, consisting of an older man with a mustache and a top hat and a younger woman. Both are wearing elegant clothes. The woman is wearing a fur coat and carries a handbag. Below the image it says, in French: "Mademoiselle, do you want my heart? - Monsieur, I am an honest girl! - Will you accept an Oxygénée Cusenier? - Ah, you playful man! How you seduce women!" This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 05.10.1907, p. 10.
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a couple, inside, getting ready. The woman, who seems to be wearing underclothes and with her hair yet undone, stands behind the man and seems to be fixing his mustache. The man is already clothed, smoking a cigarette. The woman is talking to the man. Below the image it says, in French: "Aperitif. - You take it every day, don't you, darling, Oxygénée Cusenier? It's so good." The sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 08.11.1902, p. 11.
![This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a scene outside. In the background are groups of elegant people, standing, under trees. In the foreground are two men, sitting on chairs. One of the men, on the left, is dark-haired, wearing elegant clothes. His legs are crossed and he has a walking stick in his right hand. He wears a top hat and has lifted his left hand towards the other man. The other man is wearing much less elegant clothes and has a stick in his mouth.
Below the image it says, in French: "But no, my dear Ivan Éléphantovitch, it is not that your kind of beauty displeases Parisian women, it is just that you lack drive and vivacity. All you have to do to get it [drive and vivacity] is drink Oxygénée Cusenier, and all the women will go crazy for you!"
This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 03.07.1909, p. 10.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gv3zltrq5kwet2qrmzlowwyi/bafkreifp7ysfgr2hxyirjxvip434x2a26rmhkkzaspkfclz6xfo7mboicy)
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a scene outside. In the background are groups of elegant people, standing, under trees. In the foreground are two men, sitting on chairs. One of the men, on the left, is dark-haired, wearing elegant clothes. His legs are crossed and he has a walking stick in his right hand. He wears a top hat and has lifted his left hand towards the other man. The other man is wearing much less elegant clothes and has a stick in his mouth. Below the image it says, in French: "But no, my dear Ivan Éléphantovitch, it is not that your kind of beauty displeases Parisian women, it is just that you lack drive and vivacity. All you have to do to get it [drive and vivacity] is drink Oxygénée Cusenier, and all the women will go crazy for you!" This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 03.07.1909, p. 10.
These sketches often show couples where the man is much older than the woman, and also touch on questions of class and consent. Oxygénée Cusenier could, apparently, truly help with all kinds of issues! #DrinkingStudies #Absinthe #Alcohol 🗃️🍸
Descriptions & references are, as always, in the captions.
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Sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a couple, in a field, during the day. The man is on his knee, pointing his left arm to the sky and with his right harm over his heart. The woman is holding a butterfly net and smiles down at him. Both wear elegant clothes. Below them, it says, in French: "The poet - To quench your thirst for the ideal and for love, to water your heart and your soul, what should I do, o woman? The woman. - Well, my dear, offer me a glass of Oxygénée Cusenier: When it's hot, it's heaven!" This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 26.06.1909, p. 10.
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows a couple inside. Behind them is an unmade bed, on the left, and a washing basin, on the right. The dark-haired woman, wearing a dark dress, is standing behind the man, her left hand on his shoulder, her right hand on his arm. The man - dark haired and with a mustache - is fixing his tie, looking at her. Beneath the image it says, in French: "To be adored by women? Drink Oxygénée Cusenier" This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 30.03.1907, p. 10.
This image is a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows several people in the terrace of a café, during the day. On the left hand side, in the back, are two men standing under a tree. One of them is wearing a uniform. On the right hand side, there is a waiter, cleaning a table. In the front is a standing couple, consisting of an older man and a young woman, their faces close together. Both are wearing elegant clothes; the woman wears a hat with a complicated flower arrangement. The man is holding the woman's head in his left hand, while the woman is holding his coat. Below the image, it says, in French: "Listen, do you want to be nice, oh so nice? - I see what it is: dress or hat? - No, just a simple Oxygénée Cusenier." This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 02.05.1908, p. 10.
![This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows the rough outline of a plane, with a couple in it, in the open air. Behind them is the outline of Paris and the sun, but in the centre of the sun is a bottle of Oxygénée Cusenier. The man is at a steering wheel, while the woman stands half behind him, smiling at him. Both are wearing elegant clothes.
Below the image, it says, in French: "To please the ladies. Him. - I'm sure what attracted you to me was that I'm an aviator? Her. - But no, you big silly [man]! It's that you're a great drinker of Oxygénée Cusenier!"
This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 06.11.1909, p. 10.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gv3zltrq5kwet2qrmzlowwyi/bafkreiev3jk3pjjel7bfpl7r5fnd2skp3tg42d24htlf2yuugjaowpn5fy)
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows the rough outline of a plane, with a couple in it, in the open air. Behind them is the outline of Paris and the sun, but in the centre of the sun is a bottle of Oxygénée Cusenier. The man is at a steering wheel, while the woman stands half behind him, smiling at him. Both are wearing elegant clothes. Below the image, it says, in French: "To please the ladies. Him. - I'm sure what attracted you to me was that I'm an aviator? Her. - But no, you big silly [man]! It's that you're a great drinker of Oxygénée Cusenier!" This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 06.11.1909, p. 10.
The idea most commonly depicted in these sketches for Oxygénée Cusenier seems to be that women will be more attracted to a man if he is an avid drinker. Amazing! These are just a few examples from the early 20th century by different French artists. Details in the captions! #DrinkingStudies 🗃️🍸
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And as a drinks historian, it was fascinating to see that each meeting of these three politicians - Tony Crosland, Roy Jenkins & Denis Healey - was somehow fuelled by alcohol: Claret, brandy & Thomas Dakin Gin! #DrinkingStudies 🗃️🍸
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Recording this episode of the Scandal Mongers podcast with @philmcraig.bsky.social was so much fun! Thanks for letting me talk about absinthe's many scandals, Phil - and congratulations again on your new book!
#DrinkingStudies #Absinthe #Colonialism #Maghreb 🗃️🍸
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Londoners! If you woke up this Easter Monday wondering what to do today - why not join me at the "Absinthe Parlour" this evening, where I will talk about the colonial history of absinthe!
#DrinkingStudies #Absinthe #Alcohol #History #London 🗃️🍸
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The same regret - of not having distributed absinthe to the troops - is shown in this sketch from 1907 by the French caricaturist Jules Depaquit: "If I had given a [glass of] Oxygénée Cusenier to each of my soldiers on the morning of Waterloo, I would not be on Saint Helena!" #DrinkingStudies 🗃️🍸
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Another one showing Father Christmas: This one is by the French artist A. Bertrand, from 1906, with Père Noël saying: "Toys for the little ones, Oxygénée Cusenier for the grown-ups - that is how you make everyone happy!" I love the umbrella he seems to be carrying! #DrinkingStudies #absinthe 🗃️🍸
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While I was in Môtiers for the vernissage of my book "The Hour of Absinthe", I was interviewed by the Swiss national television RTS about absinthe's colonial history. It's in French, but do have a look: www.avisdexperts.ch/fr/intervent...
#DrinkingStudies #Absinthe #FrenchColonialism 🗃️🍸
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Auf @hsozkult.bsky.social gibt es jetzt eine Rezension zum Band #GefährlicherGenuss zu dem ich einen Aufsatz beitragen durfte ☕️🍺🫖 #DrinkingStudies
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![This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. In the centre of the image is a sculpture - Rodin's "Le Baiser" - showing a sitting naked man and woman, kissing. We see the sculpture from the back, showing the naked back of the man and the arms of the woman. On the left hand side is a man, much smaller than the sculpture. He is wearing elegant clothes and a giant bow tie [don't know what this is called, sorry!], has a beard and moustache, carries a cane and a top hat. The sketch is called, in French: "In front of the 'Kiss' by Rodin.
This sketch was published in "Le Sourire", on the 07.03.1908, p. 10.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gv3zltrq5kwet2qrmzlowwyi/bafkreicufkzn2wlpoyfqe2yzjuh7zphf65epenpstj765qusds64hbusu4)
This image shows a sketch, black on yellowish paper. In the centre of the image is a sculpture - Rodin's "Le Baiser" - showing a sitting naked man and woman, kissing. We see the sculpture from the back, showing the naked back of the man and the arms of the woman. On the left hand side is a man, much smaller than the sculpture. He is wearing elegant clothes and a giant bow tie [don't know what this is called, sorry!], has a beard and moustache, carries a cane and a top hat. The sketch is called, in French: "In front of the 'Kiss' by Rodin. This sketch was published in "Le Sourire", on the 07.03.1908, p. 10.
Even art found its way into these pro-absinthe sketches in "Le Sourire"! In 1908, the French illustrator Markous drew Rodin's sculpture "The Kiss" [from 1882]. The spectator is shown as saying: "To get the models to pose for him, he had to give them some Oxygénée Cusenier." #DrinkingStudies 🗃️🍸
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This image is a sketch, black on yellowish paper. It shows, in the centre, Père Noël, sitting in a simple sort of plane, with bottles of Cusenier stored on the wings. Father Christmas - with a long white beard and in a dark coat - throws bottles of Cusenier down the chimneys of two houses in this image. Behind this, we can see more houses of Paris, with the Eiffel Tour in the background. Below the image it says, in French: "Long live progress! Thanks to this marvellous aeroplane, I'm doing my traditional rounds without getting tired, and next year, everyone will be in good health, because I'm bringing everyone a bottle of Oxygénée Cusenier." This sketch was published in "Le Sourire" on the 26.12.1908, p. 9.
Other sketches showed seasonal celebrations like this one by Falco from 1908: Father Christmas is shown as distributing presents - bottles of Oxygénée Cusenier, of course! - by plane in Paris. Christmas is here a celebration of both progress (the plane) and absinthe, apparently! #DrinkingStudies 🗃️🍸
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Many of these sketches showed political figures. This one here - by Paul d'Espagnat - shows F.D. Roosevelt in 1910. Roosevelt explains that he got through the many events of a recent Europe trip with the help of absinthe: "Thanks to Oxygéne Cusenier, my dear! That's my secret." #DrinkingStudies 🗃️🍸
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