Black-and-white lithograph of a room where a man drinks at left, a woman and girl stand by a cupboard, and a slumped man sits near a boy at a sideboard.

The Progress of Intemperance, lithograph after Nathaniel Currier, 1841

A black-and-white lithograph of a domestic interior with a seated man at left holding a drink, a woman and girl standing near a cupboard, a man slumped in a chair at center, and a boy at a sideboard. Stiff figures, dense hatching and printed caption below suggest a moralizing temperance scene.

Artist: Currier
Date: 1841
Medium: paper (overall material) ink (overall material)
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size: 2880 × 2122 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1841).
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 1840s 1841 lithograph american print domestic interior family scene temperance print drinking black and white