Alcoholismo por Gustave Philippon y el Dr. Legrain

Paris: Fils dEmile Deyrolle, nd [ca. 1910]. Original first printing. 25 1/8 x 34. Photomechanical print (poster). Black and white. Mounted on linen backed paper (size: 96 x 72 cm). Near fine. The Spanish language version of one of many in a French series on the dangers of alcohol. It would have most likely appeared in a school or public place at the time of its printing. The upper half shows what can happen to the private life of individuals who drinks. The main image is of a man grabbing his wife by the hair, his other arm raised to strike her with a bottle, while their infant sleeps in a cradle in the same room. An insert to the left shows a woman carrying a bundle of her belongings up a hill and an insert on the right shows a couple with two small children at a bank teller's window trying to get a loan. The lower image shows people drunk in public and shows how it can effect their dignity. One man is being supported by a soldier, and a woman is slouched in a chair with a bottle of wine. In the lower right corner, another image shows three men in formal attire drinking wine or champagne in a very dignified manner. There are two numbers on the poster: the upper right corner has 23A with a line through it; and No 423A under it. Caption below notes that the sober man is his own master but the drinker loses the confidence of all. Publisher information at bottom of poster. Not in worldCat.