The Bible and temperance – Vintage Print
![The Bible and temperance, [New York] : N. Currier, [between 1835 and 1856] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/55/556e222c558d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures The Bible and temperance in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Bible and temperance
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Nathaniel Currier's firm issued a long run of temperance prints in the decades before the Civil War, and this one pairs the Bible directly with the cause in its title. The movement gained strength through groups such as the American Temperance Society, founded in 1826, and the pledge campaigns of the 1840s. Prints like this were meant to be displayed and discussed in parlors, churches and reform meetings, where scripture was often presented as the foundation of sober living. The hand coloring, applied by workers after the lithograph was printed, was typical of Currier's output from this period.
| Created / published | [New York] : N. Currier, [between 1835 and 1856] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand col. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand colored 1830-1860. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0579. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,115 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109670 |
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