Hanks, Stedman Wright (sold)
Stedman Wright Hanks (September 11, 1811 - August 23, 1889) was an American author, artist, and temperance advocate active in the middle part of the 19th century. Hanks was bornin Mansfiled, Tolland County, Connecticut. He studied at Amherst, graduating in 1837, when he became a minister of the Congregational (Trinitarian) denomination. He lived for a time in Lowell and in Cambridge, Massachusetts. An ardent tea-totaler, he was a founding member of the Temperance Alliance and the American Seamen's Friend Society, both organizations built on Temperance ideology. Hanks was also notable for his uncanny resemblance to Abraham Lincoln, to whom he was related on Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks', side.
Remarkable Temperance Broadside.
Black Valley Rail Road. Great Central Fast Route.
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This is without a doubt the most beautiful and remarkable variants on 'Black Valley Rail Road' temperance allegory. This chromolithograph broadside was issued in 1863 on behalf of Stedman Wright Hanks, an ardent Cambridge, Massachusetts temperance advocate. Central to the image is a great demonic train, headed for the dark and dreadful Black Valley. Some escape to 'Temperance Land' on the coach while others party in the saloon car. Below the central image is an explanation of the image, with illustrations of stomachs at various stages on the allegorical voyage. (more details)