Museum
Temperance plaque
Description
Early nineteenth-century temperance plaque; the effects of inebriation on one side; a pledge to abstain, with mottos, on the other; oil on metal
Early nineteenth-century temperance plaque; the effects of inebriation on one side; a pledge to abstain, with mottos, on the other; oil on metal
STRST : SBT 1973-48
1801-1825
300 mm
380 mm
'GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST' in top centre. 'We agree to abstain from all intoxicating liquors except for medicinal purposes and religious ordinances' in centre ,
CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust