Letterpress text with wood-engravings on either side of the title at head of sheet: on the left "Temperance and Happy Family" and on the right "Intemperance and Miserable Family". Below the heading and on the upper half of the sheet, an explanation of a wood-engraving in the center entitled "The Drunkard's Coat of Arms". On the lower half of the sheet, a poem in four columns, surrounding another large central image of a drunken crowd, including a woman feeding her infant from a wine glass; the rowdy, celebrating in a room with a row of large barrels labeled "Holland, Brand[y], Rum, Old Tom, Cream of the Valley."
Alternative Title:
Folly of dram drinking clearly exhibited
Description:
Caption title., Illustrations possibly by C.J. Grant., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1996,0929.19., Imprint continues: ... where may be had the whole of the works of Flavius Josephus, in weekly numbers at 1 d. or monthly parts at 6d., and "One penny."--Lower right corner.
Publisher:
Printed and published by J. Quick, Bowling Green Lane, Clerkenwell; at the Temperance Hotel and Coffee House, 159, Aldersgate Street, City; and W. Kennedy, 21, Thomas-Street, Manchester; ...
Subject (Topic):
Barrels, Coats of arms, Distress, Families, and Intoxication
