The drunkards progress: From the first glass to the grave

Files

The Drunkards Progress.jpg

Title

The drunkards progress: From the first glass to the grave

Subject

Substance Abuse/ Alcoholism

Description

Print shows an archway of the nine steps of a drunkard's progress, beginning with a man in fancy dress having "a glass with a friend" and then his gradual decline in society with poverty & disease, criminal activity, becoming a bum, and his eventual "death by suicide"; a weeping woman with child is under archway.

Creator

N. Currier

Source

Library of Congress online Catalog (https://lccn.loc.gov/91796265)

Publisher

New York : Lith. & pub. by N. Currier

Date

1846

Citation

N. Currier, “The drunkards progress: From the first glass to the grave,” Digital Exhibits, accessed March 28, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.libraries.wsu.edu/items/show/5582.