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Dusted – and Disgusted

After Thomas B. Worth American
Publisher Currier & Ives American
1878
Not on view
Thomas Worth designed many satires for Currier & Ives whose humor derives from verbal-visual puns. This example shows a man driving a light four-wheeled carriage. He expresses disgust as he reins in his horse, which is rearing and trying to bolt to escape the great clouds of dust rising from the horse and wheels of two similar rigs in the background. The New York lithographic firm grew from a printing business established by Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888) in 1835. Expansion led, in 1857, to a partnership with James Merritt Ives (1824–1895). The firm operated until 1907, lithographing over 4,000 subjects for distribution across America and Europe. Until the 1880s, images were printed in monochrome, then hand-colored by women who worked for the company.







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Object Information
  • Title: Dusted – and Disgusted
  • Artist: After Thomas B. Worth (American, New York 1834–1917 Staten Island, New York)
  • Publisher: Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
  • Date: 1878
  • Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
  • Dimensions: Image: 8 7/16 in. × 14 in. (21.5 × 35.5 cm)
    Sheet: 12 15/16 × 17 5/8 in. (32.8 × 44.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.632.264
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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