Lithograph of a man in a black coat raising a glass between a woman in white and one in red, within a Gothic arch.

Temperance Banner: Love, Purity, Fidelity

A hand-colored lithograph in a Gothic arched frame shows a man in a black tailcoat raising a glass between two women, one in a flowing white gown and one in a red dress. Ribbon banners read 'Temperance Banner' and 'Love, Purity & Fidelity,' with a garden setting, a basket of fruit, and flowers along the lower border.

Artist: Kelloggs & Comstock
Date: ca 1850
Medium: paper (overall material) ink (overall material) hand-colored (image production method/technique)
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size: 1840 × 2560 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1855).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

19th century victorian era 1850s 1850 lithograph hand-colored print genre scene american print courtship kelloggs and comstock