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A drunkard with an empty glass; representing the sense of taste. Engraving, 16--.
Wellcome Collection

A drunkard with an empty glass; representing the sense of taste. Engraving, 16--.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Tasting. A drunkards joys consist in tast/ Who sucks as long as life will last/ An empty glass on touchstone thumb/ Is standard sup... ...culum

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