The Tree of Life
date: label: Date made
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name: label: maker
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notes: label: Description
content: This colored print shows a large “tree of life.” This natural tree also symbolizes the wooden cross of the crucifixion, as its trunk holds an image of Christ. The branches contain about two dozen words which denote Christian sacraments, practices, and virtues. Above the tree, is a triangle symbolizing the Holy Trinity.
label: Description
content: The idealized city of "New Jerusalem" is depicted in the background behind the tree. In the foreground, is a crowd of people representing this present "Evil World.” Men and women are portrayed as searching for salvation amidst a world full of vices such as drunkenness, prostitution, and violence. Two quotations from Scripture appear beneath the title.
label: Description
content: There is no information available about the lithographer of this print.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
topic: label: Subject
content: Drinking
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Religion
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Morality & Religious Prints
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2943
label: catalog number
content: 60.2943
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 12 in x 8 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 21.59 cm