Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate 19th c smoke decorated tin and the first I have

and the first I have seen featuring this character

Pretty excellent cowboy to the right in his white shirt and blue jeans too

embodying strategic minds at work

which were sold together in one box--are among the rarer among them

The more time I spend with this one

Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate 19th c smoke decorated tin and the first I haveThis 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