1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Tree of Temperance is a 1848 ink by American 19th Century, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a large tree with a wide trunk and branches, covered in green leaves. The tree has many round fruits of different colors, each with a word written on it, like "Happiness", "Health", and "Prosperity". In the background, there's a house and some people standing near the tree. The words on the fruits seem to be about good things in life. If you want to see more paintings like this, you might like to look into the Romanticism movement.
This artist painted everyday American life in the 1800s. Look at *Farmhouse in Mahantango Valley*—a quiet, sunlit scene of rural Pennsylvania. *Boy and Girl* shows two children standing close, their faces turned toward…
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