Title from caption below images., Numerous small designs divided into two groups by a horizontal line, the six designs towards the bottom having individual captions etched below., Text above designs on bottom part of plate: These six subjects are from Kaulbach's designs illustrating Goethe's fable of "Reynard the fox.", Text among designs on top part of plate: Copied by permission of H. Ploucquet, preparator to the Royal Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Kingdom of Wurttemberg, Germany., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from text below image., Date of publication based on date of The Maine Law (or "Maine Liquor Law"), which was passed on 2 June 1851., Text below title: Grand Papa. "But for seventy years, my child, I have found the moderate use of the good things of this life has done me good." Young hopeful teeotaller. "All a mistake Granpa', total abstinence is the thing. Look at me! I've not tasted wine or beer for years!", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 49 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Topic):
Temperance, Girls, Clocks & watches, Grandparents, Pipes (Smoking), and Smoking
