Temperance, a centennial allegory – Vintage Wall Art
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(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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Step back in time with Temperance, a centennial allegory, a historic print rich in period 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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Temperance, a centennial allegory
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Few pictures on this board pair a moral message so directly with centennial celebration as this allegorical print titled *Temperance*. The shelflist card gives no date, and the associated name, Valois, is recorded as unverified, so the maker and exact year remain uncertain. Allegorical prints of this kind were common in the 1870s, when the temperance movement was growing in organized strength and reformers often used symbolic figures to promote abstinence. Its place among centennial material suggests it was made around the 1876 Philadelphia exhibition, a year when the nation looked back on its founding and forward to its future.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | G7274 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Valois. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,255 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109823 |
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