VISITORS' DAY AT JAIL
Date1920 ca.
CountryUSA
MediumInk
DimensionsOverall: 31.8 x 29.5 cm (12 1/2 x 11 5/8")
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art., gift of John L. Hansen.
Object number820022128
DescriptionA personified bottle of whiskey in a jail cell. Visiting him outside of the cell are his family, "HOME/BREW", "DOCTORS'/ PRESCRIPTIONS/FOR/BOOZE", "PATENT/MEDICINES/CONTAINING/ALCOHOL" and "HARD/CIDER", talking to him through the bars. The guard, in a black jacket and hat with "DRYS" written on it, looks on from the background at right. Above him a sign with "JAIL FOR/NATIONAL/MALEFACTORS".On View
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