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Son of Temperance, N. Currier, 1848

A man in regalia, a pledge on the table beside him.

What

A hand-coloured lithograph, Son of Temperance, published by N. Currier, 1848; the sheet measures 44.2 by 34.3 cm; Library of Congress, LCCN 2001706235.

Why

Currier sold a print for every cause, and this one let a member hang his own likeness in regalia.

Notice

A red curtain falls behind him, a printed text rests on the pedestal at his side, and his sash hangs to his knees.

“Temperance, sold by the same press that sold the drinking scenes.”

Format

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Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: N. Currier
Country: United States
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Son of temperance - lith. & pub. by N. Currier. LCCN2001706235, 1848
Source: Library of Congress · LCCN 2001706235

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Scan: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division; public domain. 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 2026-11-02. Published 1848, before the 1930 cutoff; maker N. Currier; Commons reads Public domain with {{LOC-image}} {{PD-Layout}} {{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.