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Sons of Temperance

Sons of Temperance

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Kelloggs & Comstock

In the United States at the end of the 19th century, lithographs by printmakers like Currier and Ives set a high moral tone. Images of posh and upright teetotalers conveyed a moral message of the prodigal son parable to an audience concerned about displaying uncouth images.
Artist
Kelloggs & Comstock
(American firm, 1848 – 1850)
Title
Sons of Temperance
Date
1849-1850
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions
12 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. image
Credit
The William S. Fairfield Collection
Accession No.
2009.12.72
Classification
Prints
Geography
United States

Related

before 2009, Fairfield Art Center (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) [closed in 2009]; 2009, William S. Fairfield Public Gallery Foundation, Ltd. gifted to Chazen Museum of Art

  • Loaded Image, The: Printmaking as Persuasion: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/18/2011–10/30/2011

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