A
line shot - the recoil
Currier & Ives
Worth, Thomas
1834-1917
artist
still image
Graphic
Humorous pictures -- 1880-1890
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1880-1890
Satires (Visual Works) -- 1880-1890
nyu
New York
N.Y. New York
Published by Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau St
1881
1881
monographic
eng
1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 32 x 41 cm (12.5 x 16.25 in.)
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.
Thos. Worth.
Title printed below image.
Issued as part of the "Darktown" comics series.
Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1881 By Currier & Ives, N. Y.
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
P.2015.52.1
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*GC - Genre - Line [P.2015.52.1]
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné,
3822
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dcrmg
ppl
990607
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