The Original Maine Law.
Date1851
MediumLithography and letterpress; black and gold printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 11/16 x 6 11/16in. (22.1 x 17cm)
Sheet (height x width): 24 x 19 3/8in. (61 x 49.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 24 x 19 3/8in. (61 x 49.2cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a man wearing a double-breasted coat buttoned up to his neck, with a shirt and necktie, is at the top of a large broadside with four columns of letterpress text and a lithographic border composed of type ornaments.
Object number2003.298.0
MarkingsOn verso, lower right, on gummed label on mylar encapsulation, in pencil: accession number.InscribedOn recto, lithographed facsimile signature beneath image:,"Neal Dow". Letterpress title beneath signature, "The Original Maine Law." Four columns of letterpress text have the following headings: upper left, "Hon. Neal Dow,", upper right, "The Maine Law", left center, "AN ACT FOR THE SUPPRESSION / OF DRINKING-HOUSES AND TIPPLING-SHOPS."NotesSource Note: The portrait appears to have been copied from a daguerreotype. (Shortell 3/31/2003)Collections
- Kellogg Brothers Lithographs
On View
Not on viewLetterpress Artist of Connecticut
1813-1831