A sharpshooter: with a bulge on the rifle – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures A sharpshooter: with a bulge on the rifle in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A sharpshooter: with a bulge on the rifle
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A marksman with an odd bulge on his rifle is the joke at the center of this caricature, and the bulge is what sets it apart from the other sharpshooter scenes in the series. Currier & Ives published it in New York around 1882 as part of the Darktown comics, and the signature on the image identifies Thomas Worth as the artist. Worth was a prominent caricaturist of the period, and these comic lithographs portrayed Black Americans through exaggerated, demeaning stereotypes common in popular entertainment of the day. Today viewers often read them as much for what they reveal about Gilded Age racial attitudes as for their humor.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1882. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | c1983 |
| Notes | Caricature issued as part of the Darktown comics" series. Artist: Thomas Worth (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,147 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175093 |
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