Library Collections: Visual Still: Item Description

A man in top hat returns home to smiling wife and children, factory on a river in the background.
   Enlarge the image
Enlarge
This Image


Visual Still Information

Title: The Fruits Of Temperance
Original caption: The Fruits of Temperance
"Behold the son of Temperance, with buoyant heart and step, returning to his home, the partner of his bosom looks up and smiles his welcome;. . .his children fly to meet him, their little arms embrace him, and with lip and heart they bless him."
Creator: N. Currier (lithographer)
Date: Circa 1848
Format: Lithograph
Publisher: J.B. Allen, New York
Source: Library of Congress
Control no.: PGA - Currier & Ives--Fruits of temperance
Keywords: n/a
Topics: n/a