Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate chip carved frame Clearly was removed at some

Clearly was removed at some point from a school notebook

Remember them who sent you this"

I believe it may be a few branches from a hawthorn tree that are the subject of this lovely old botanical drawing

with some shot marks on the top of the back

Executed in low relief

Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate chip carved frame Clearly was removed at someThis one struck me for its highly dramatic but also very matter of fact message: Intemperance Produces Starvation. And while clearly the intemperance here refers to drinking with the source of misery man at center holding a bottle in his hand it seems to me quite resonant now when considering intemperance in the broader sense (i. e. intemperate leaders and wielders of power producing starvation both literal and figurative.) There is a whole history of