Coloured lithograph of a tree with red and yellow medallions labelled with words, trunk marked HEALTH, with a church and figures in a rural landscape.

The Tree of Temperance, coloured lithograph, 1872

A large allegorical tree fills the composition, its canopy dotted with round medallions in red and yellow, each bearing a word, and its trunk labelled HEALTH. Small figures stroll near a church, a farmhouse and a horse-drawn cart in a rural landscape beneath a cloudy sky.

Artist: Currier and Ives
Date: 1872
Medium: Allegorical prints Family trees Lithographs
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2979 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1872.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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The Tree of Temperance, coloured lithograph, 1872

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