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Creator Currier & Ives.
Contributor Worth, Thomas, 1834-1917, artist.
Title A line shot - the recoil. [graphic] / Thos. Worth.
Publisher New York : Published by Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau St
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1881
Date 1881
Physical Description 1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 32 x 41 cm (12.5 x 16.25 in.)
Description Comic print using racist stereotypes to satirize the gunmanship of African Americans. Shows an older African American couple, portrayed in racist caricature with exaggerated features and mannerisms, in the aftermath of the husband firing a shot in their backyard. Shows, in the left, the husband, attired in blue coat tails and striped pants, jumping a fence, his gun powder horn flying above his head, and his rifle and hunter's hat lying on the ground behind him. He is accompanied by his dogs, a bony brown dog climbing over the fence with him, and a pit-bull like dog who holds his owner's torn pants seat in his jaws as he prepares to follow him. In the right, his wife, attired in a yellow bonnet, a blue top, a red skirt, and white pantaloons, topples over in a wicker basket of laundry. Her shoes fly off her feet. The clothesline pole lands on her head as her bare-footed legs are knocked into the air. Pieces of clothing, including a gunshot white shirt with clothes pins at the shoulders fly about her. A log house with a chimney and a dog house are visible in the background. The Darktown series of over 100 prints was issued mid 1870s-1890s. Thomas Worth was the artist of several of the prints in the reported popular and profitable series.
Is referenced by Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné, 3822
Notes Title printed below image.
Issued as part of the "Darktown" comics series.
Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1881 By Currier & Ives, N. Y.
Gift of David Maxey, 2015.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African Americans -- Social life.
Clotheslines.
Couples.
Dogs.
Hunting.
Racism in popular culture.
Rifles.
Genre Humorous pictures -- 1880-1890.
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1880-1890.
Satires (Visual Works) -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *GC - Genre - Line [P.2015.52.1]
Accession number P.2015.52.1