Son of Temperance by James S. Baille
Son of Temperance by James S. Baille
- Description
- This full-length, hand-colored print depicts a young man wearing a badge on a ribbon around his neck that hangs to his waist. He is holding a scroll with a pledge of temperance. The pledge reads, "No brother shall make, buy, sell or use as a beverage any spirituous or malt, liquors, wine, or cider." There is heavy red drapery with a tassel hanging behind him.
- This print was produced by James S. Baillie, who was active in New York from 1838 to 1855. James Baillie started as a framer in 1838, and then became an artist and lithographer in 1843 or 1844. He discovered how to color lithographs while working as an independent contractor for Currier & Ives in the mid1840s. He was a prolific lithographer and colorist for Currier & Ives, and his prints were extremely popular with a wide distribution. James Baillie spent his later years concentrating on painting instead of lithography.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lithograph
- Object Type
- Lithograph
- Date made
- 1848
- depicted
- Sons of Temperance
- maker
- Baillie, James S.
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 12 in x 8 in; 30.48 cm x 20.32 cm
- ID Number
- DL.60.2937
- catalog number
- 60.2937
- accession number
- 228146
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- subject
- Drinking
- Chronology: 1840-1849
- Uniforms, fraternal
- Fraternal Associations
- Temperance
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Clothing & Accessories
- Temperance Movement
- Art
- Peters Prints
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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