Temperance Collection (page 4)

Comic postcard, Temperance argument for water, not beer Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Vicar and housewife Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance satire Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance woman and drunkard Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, gossiping neighbours Date: 20th century

Shall I Be An Angel, Daddy? (b / w photo)
3093534 Shall I Be An Angel, Daddy? (b/w photo) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shall I Be An Angel, Daddy? Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The Missions to Seamen, Work in the Downs (engraving)
1591900 The Missions to Seamen, Work in the Downs (engraving) by Cox, Edward Morant (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Missions to Seamen, Work in the Downs)

Passengers slipping and falling into the river mud when debarking from a rowboat. Miseries Miscellaneous. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Nantes, St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral, Tomb of Francis II
XIR345884 Nantes, St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral, Tomb of Francis II, Duke of Brittany and Marguerite of Foix, 1502-07 (plaster cast from marble) (b/w photo) by Colombe

Collection of Tarot cards (colour litho)
CHT184976 Collection of Tarot cards (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; eArchives Charmet; French, out of copyright

Man in his sick bed surrounded by doting wife, children, and mai
5893712 Man in his sick bed surrounded by doting wife, children, and mai by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); (add.info.: Man in his sick bed surrounded by doting wife, children, and maids)

Art and Commerce; Justice; Prudence; Temperance; and Fortitude, (pencil
824130 Art and Commerce; Justice; Prudence; Temperance; and Fortitude, (pencil, pen and brown ink on mount) by Thornhill, James (1675-1734); 20.3x17.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Temperantia, 1872 (w / c on paper)
CH8175 Temperantia, 1872 (w/c on paper) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); 152.4x58.4 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

The artisans saturday night (engraving)
5998373 The artisans saturday night (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The artisans saturday night)

The bees that bought the pig (engraving)
5998380 The bees that bought the pig (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The bees that bought the pig)

Punch cartoon: Barleycorn and Burns - Dawson Burns, English temperance activist (engraving)
6034787 Punch cartoon: Barleycorn and Burns - Dawson Burns, English temperance activist (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon)

Punch cartoon: The Pious Public House (engraving)
6034732 Punch cartoon: The Pious Public House (engraving) by Leech, John (1817-64) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: The Pious Public House)

Rev Theobald Mathew administering Temperance Pledge
The Very Reverend Theobald Mathew administering the Temperance Pledge. 19th century

This Superbly Elegant Frontispiece (engraving)
816321 This Superbly Elegant Frontispiece (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: This Superbly Elegant Frontispiece Represents Britannia (attended by Prudence)

Portrait of the Very Rev Theobald Mathew (engraving)
587530 Portrait of the Very Rev Theobald Mathew (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Edward Payson Westons temperance walk of 5, 000 miles in 100 days (engraving)
609129 Edward Payson Westons temperance walk of 5, 000 miles in 100 days (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edward Payson Westons temperance walk of 5)

Temperance Festival (engraving)
587545 Temperance Festival (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Temperance Festival, Store Street, London)

The Bottle, Plate VIII, The bottle has done its work - it has destroyed the infant
STC169287 The Bottle, Plate VIII, The bottle has done its work - it has destroyed the infant and the mother, it has brought the son and daughter to vice and to the streets

The Bottle, Plate IV, Unable to obtain employment, they are driven by poverty into
STC169283 The Bottle, Plate IV, Unable to obtain employment, they are driven by poverty into the streets to beg, and by this means they still supply the bottle, 1847 (engraving) by Cruikshank

Triumph of Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino; Federigo
SCP69441 Triumph of Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino; Federigo and the four Cardinal Virtues in a triumphal car drawn by white unicorns, winged Victory holding the ducal coronet

Practitioners at the bar, c. 1834 (litho)
AQS332030 Practitioners at the bar, c.1834 (litho) by American School, (19th century); 24.4x35.2 cm; American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

The Tree of Life, pub. by Currier & Ives, 1870 (colour litho)
AQS331960 The Tree of Life, pub. by Currier & Ives, 1870 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; eCourtesy

The tree of temperance, published by N. Currier, New York, 1849 (litho)
AQS336770 The tree of temperance, published by N. Currier, New York, 1849 (litho) by Currier, Nathaniel (1813-88); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; eCourtesy

Sentenced to transportation for life (engraving)
560249 Sentenced to transportation for life (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The bar of the Old Bailey (engraving)
560248 The bar of the Old Bailey (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The bar of the Old Bailey.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Gambling under the influence of drink (engraving)
560245 Gambling under the influence of drink (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Gin shop, 1848 (etching)
560244 The Gin shop, 1848 (etching) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Gin shop.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Virtue of Temperance, Tomb of Saint Peter, c. 1336 (marble) (detail of 3496978)
3496979 Virtue of Temperance, Tomb of Saint Peter, c.1336 (marble) (detail of 3496978) by Balduccio, Giovanni (1290-1339); Chiesa di Sant Eusebio, Peglio, Como, Lombardy

Statue, Temperance (engraving)
3626242 Statue, Temperance (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue, Temperance. Illustration for London edited by Charles Knight (Virtue, c 1875)

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, statesman and temperance advocate
Cartoon, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet (1829-1906), Liberal politician and temperance advocate. 1893

Father Mathew leaving Cork for America (engraving)
1618133 Father Mathew leaving Cork for America (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Father Mathew leaving Cork for America)

New Drinking-Fountain in front of the Royal Exchange (engraving)
1619657 New Drinking-Fountain in front of the Royal Exchange (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Drinking-Fountain in front of the Royal Exchange)

Opening of the New Oxford House, Bethnal Green (engraving)
1603316 Opening of the New Oxford House, Bethnal Green (engraving) by Almond, William Douglas (1866-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Opening of the New Oxford House, Bethnal Green)

Christmas tree at the Temperance Hall 1845
Christmas tree, also described as a Tree of Love, by The Illustrated London News, erected on the stage at the Temperance Hall by the London Mission Society who were giving a Christmas celebration for

Temperance (engraving)
979423 Temperance (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Temperance. Illustration for London edited by Charles Knight (Virtue, c 1875)

Oxford, New College Chapel Window, Temperance (b / w photo)
5986753 Oxford, New College Chapel Window, Temperance (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oxford, New College Chapel Window, Temperance)

Punch cartoon: Sir Wilfrid Lawson, English radical Liberal politician and temperance campaigner (engraving)
6034922 Punch cartoon: Sir Wilfrid Lawson, English radical Liberal politician and temperance campaigner (engraving) by Sambourne

The Seven Ages of Drink, pub. c. 1872 (hand coloured engraving)
3506777 The Seven Ages of Drink, pub.c. 1872 (hand coloured engraving) by Cruikshank, Percy (c.1818-c.1907); (add.info.: Percy Cruikshank (c. 1818 - c)

Temperance (engraving)
3505666 Temperance (engraving) by Matham, Jacob (1571-1631); 21.75x14.29 cm; San Diego Museum of Art, USA; (add.info.: Dimensions)

Frontispiece for The Cold Water Army Pledge by Charles J. Warren, 1842 (litho)
745904 Frontispiece for The Cold Water Army Pledge by Charles J. Warren, 1842 (litho) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; eCourtesy

Womans crusade against intemperance, pub. 1874 (engraving)
1144563 Womans crusade against intemperance, pub. 1874 (engraving) by Reinhart, Charles Stanley (1844-96); Private Collection; (add.info.: " You Shust Git Out)

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"Temperance: A Historical Journey Towards Sobriety" Step into the bustling streets of Spitalfields, East End of London, in the year 1835. Amongst the crowd stands Gin Juggarnath, a symbol of excess and indulgence that plagued society during this era. Fast forward to 1937, where Sister Marjorie Barnard proudly displays her Temperance Knowledge Examination certificate awarded by the Independent Order of Rechabites. This organization aimed to promote abstinence from alcohol and educate individuals about its harmful effects. In "Is that You, Daddy?" we witness a heart-wrenching scene depicting how alcoholism tears families apart. The Universal Rescue Mission Caravan led by E. H. Smith from Sheffield sought to provide support and guidance for those struggling with addiction. The Deacon Giless Distillery temperance cartoon from the 1830s humorously highlights society's growing awareness of the need for moderation in drinking habits. "The Ravages of Alcohol" showcases the devastating consequences excessive consumption can have on individuals and communities alike. Organizations like the Independent Order of Rechabites - Salford Unity Friendly Soc worked tirelessly to combat these issues. During World War I, Britain abstained from drinking as depicted on a Tatler cover. This period marked a significant shift towards promoting sobriety as an act of patriotism and self-discipline. As women embraced new freedoms in clothing choices with examples like Bloomers, they also played an essential role in advocating for temperance movements across various societies. Nestled amidst Keswick's picturesque landscape lies The Skiddaw Temperance Hotel – a haven for those seeking respite away from temptation while enjoying their stay in Cumbria. Prohibition – The Vision 1920 captures America's bold attempt at eradicating alcohol altogether through legislation. Though ultimately unsuccessful, it remains an iconic moment in history when society grappled with finding balance between personal choices and societal well-being.