Evolution Of A Cat-cher – Antique Wall Art
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Step back in time with Evolution Of A Cat-cher, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Evolution Of A Cat-cher
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The title plays on the word "catcher" by splitting off "cat," and its promise of an "evolution" suggests a series of stages in which one figure changes into another. Its place among the train pictures points to a humorous treatment of rail travel rather than a plain view of a station or locomotive. Comic prints of this kind were a common way to poke fun at new machines and the everyday frustrations that came with them, so the joke likely depends on knowing what each stage is meant to satirize. Following the sequence from one stage to the next shows how the artist builds the joke.
| Created / published | c. 1889 |
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| Notes | Lithographer, H.S. Crocker & Company (San Francisco). c. 1889 |
| Original scan | 7,771 × 3,462 px · prints to 26 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 19 |
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