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Stock image of a macabre Medusa with a skeletal head, dressed in a tunic, holding aloft a goblet of wine and exhorting a crowd of people. Behind her stands a devil who joins in the exhortation. Cruikshank was a popular illustrator and satirist who began campaigning against alcohol, especially gin, in the 1830s. In 1847, he renounced alcohol and became an enthusiastic supporter of the Temperance Movement in Great Britain. [0003-0703-1414-0717] by 0003
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alcohol, american history, demon, demons, devil, dry law, dry years, goblet, historical, liquor, prohibition, prohibition in the united states, prohibition of alcohol, skull, temperance movement, the dry years, wine
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