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The Drunkard's Progress, N. Currier, 1846

From the first glass to the grave, in nine steps.

What

A hand-coloured lithograph published by Nathaniel Currier in New York in 1846, held by the Library of Congress.

Why

It is a staircase: the drinker climbs from a glass with a friend to the top and then goes down the other side.

Notice

Under the arch at the centre, a woman and child stand alone beside a house; the ink at the foot records deposit in the clerk's office, July 1846.

“The temperance argument as a diagram, sold for a parlour wall.”

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 drunkards progress. From the first glass to the grave, 1846
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 91796265

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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 1846, 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.