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The Bible and Temperance, N. Currier, 1835 to 1856

A parlour, a pull at the sleeve, and a choice.

What

A hand-coloured lithograph published by N. Currier, dated by the Library of Congress between 1835 and 1856.

Why

Currier set the temperance argument in a family room, with the caption beneath telling the story.

Notice

The cat on the hearth rug and the table laid for a meal nobody is eating.

“A domestic drama in one plate.”

Format

The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.

Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: N. Currier
Printer: N. Currier, New York
Country: United States
Format: Other
Piece published: The Bible and temperance, lithograph, 1856
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 90711753

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Scan: Library of Congress; no known restrictions. Hosted on Wikimedia Commons.

Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. Published 1856, before the 1930 cutoff; maker N. Currier (Firm); Commons reads Public domain with {{LOC-image}} {{LOC-meta}} {{PD-US-expired-text}} {{PD-old-100-1923}} {{PD-old-100-expired}} {{PD-old-X-expired}} {{PD-old-text}} {{SDC-PD-old}}. Mark status dead is the registrar's reading of an old mark; no trademark search was run, so confirm before launch.

This brand was no longer in the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.