Object Number 1967.0123

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

The DRUNKARD'S PROGRESS,/ OR THE DIRECT ROAD TO POVERTY, WRETCHEDNESS & RUIN.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John Warner Barber (Engraver and Publisher)
02/02/1798-06/22/1885
References: See publisher's note in Early woodcut views of New York and New Jersey: 304 illustrations from the "Historical collections" by John W. Barber and Henry Howe (New York: Dover Publications, 1975). Barber produced several "historical collections" (containing historical information, geographical descriptions, etc.) on Connecticut (1827), Massachusetts (1839), New York (with Howe, 1841), New Jersey (with Howe, 1844) and Pennsylvania (1844).

Place of Origin

New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Date

1867

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Top center, below title; Designed and Published by J.W.Barber, New Haven, Con. Jan. 1836.
2. Inscription; Center beneath images; Original Plate.- Revised and Re-Published by John W.Barber, New Haven, Conn.(1851) 1867.
3. Inscription; Bottom center; Entered according to Act of Congress the 9\th day of September 1826 - by John W.Barber of the State of Connecticut.

Subjects

Social/political commentary; Temperance

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

10 (H) , 16 (W) , 8.2 (Image H) , 14.53 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

25.4 (H) , 40.7 (W) , 8.2 (Image H) , 14.53 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H left of center. W at center. Plate H: 9.6 in. (24.4 cm). Plate W not available.

Publisher Summary

Barber, John Warner

Publication Date

1867

Place of Publication

New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

State

I

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Fourth edition.

Object Description

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