And as it turns out, you can go back further still to find the depiction of a comic drunk. Ian's in Scotland to see The Bullion Stone, a 10th century Pictish carving now on display in the National ...
The "Bullion" Stone, Invergowrie, Angus. Now in the Museum of Scotland. After interviewing academics and historians who directed me towards amusing Anglo-Saxons and medieval mirth-makers ...