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Going It Blind – "Give me a Good Pair of Wheels and I'll Go it Blind"

After Robert A. Clarke Irish
Publisher Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier American
1844–50
Not on view
Thomas Worth designed many satires for Currier & Ives whose humor derives from verbal-visual puns. This example shows a man swimming in a river confronted by a bear that has seized his rifle and killed his dog, separating the hunter from his clothes. 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 brother-in-law 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 at home.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Going It Blind – "Give me a Good Pair of Wheels and I'll Go it Blind"
  • Artist: After Robert A. Clarke (Irish, born 1817)
  • Publisher: Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813–1888 New York)
  • Date: 1844–50
  • Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
  • Dimensions: Image: 8 3/8 × 12 15/16 in. (21.2 × 32.8 cm)
    Sheet: 9 15/16 in. × 14 in. (25.3 × 35.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.632.309
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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