Temperance Society Membership Certificate by Thomas Sinclair
date: label: Date made
content: 1841
name: label: lithographer
content: Sinclair, Thomas
notes: label: Description
content: This black and white print is a membership certificate with a decorated vignette depicting a group of people near a stream. A man stands in front of the group holding a glass and lecturing. A tavern or inn is in the right background. Two men are fighting in front of the building while a third man stands observing the larger group of people.
label: Description
content: This print was produced by Thomas Sinclair (ca. 1805-1881). Sinclair was a lithographer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A native of Scotland, he was trained in art and lithography in Edinburgh, and immigrated to Philadelphia in 1833. In 1854, Sinclair and his brother William Sinclair created the firm Thomas Sinclair & Company and worked together until 1859. In 1870, his son John C. Sinclair joined the company and it was renamed T. Sinclair & Son Lithography Company. Thomas Sinclair remained active in the firm until his death in 1881 and his son continued to run it until 1889.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Drinking
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1840-1849
label: Subject
content: Pets
label: Subject
content: Civic Associations
label: Subject
content: Temperance
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Temperance Movement
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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.60.2954
label: catalog number
content: 60.2954
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 16 in x 13 in; 40.64 cm x 33.02 cm