File:The Drunkard's Progress - Color.jpg

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Description
English: A lithograph by Nathaniel Currier supporting the temperance movement. The Drunkard's Progress: from the first glass to the grave
Date circa 1846
date QS:P,+1846-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source The Library of Congress
Author Nathaniel Currier
Other versions
Black and white version

Text

The Drunkards Progress. From the first glass to the grave.

Step 1. A glass with a friend.

Step 2. A glass to keep the cold out.

Step 3. A glass too much.

Step 4. Drunk and riotous.

Step 5. The summit attained. Jolly companions. A confirmed drunkard.

Step 6. Poverty and disease.

Step 7. Forsaken by Friends.

Step 8. Desperation and crime.

Step 9. Death by suicide.

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Captions

This lithograph depicts a symmetrical nine-step bridge. On each step is a stage in the life of a man who becomes addicted to alcohol, leading to poverty, crime, and eventually suicide. Below the bridge, his wife and child are depicted in tears.

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