Dankbestrijding te Amsterdam en te Bazel (Temperance Campaign in Amsterdam and Basel)

Albert Hahn's lithograph depicts a temperance rally where an official addresses a crowd of women and men with missionary fervor. Bottles and raised arms punctuate the scene as participants embrace abstinence from alcohol. This Dutch print belongs to the tradition of political satire descending from Daumier and Gillray—using caricature, exaggeration, and crowded composition to critique social movements. The work reflects early 20th-century European anxieties about prohibition campaigns, portraying temperance advocates as zealous and somewhat ridiculous. Published as newspaper illustration, it exemplifies how lithography enabled rapid social commentary, a precursor to modern editorial cartooning and sequential narrative art.