A darktown tournament, - the first tilt – Vintage Wall Art
![A darktown tournament, - the first tilt, [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1890. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e8/e89cf81574a4-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
This antique lithograph of A darktown tournament, - the first tilt brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
A darktown tournament, - the first tilt
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
*A Darktown Tournament, the First Tilt* borrows the vocabulary of the medieval joust, turning a chivalric contest into a mockery of Black Americans. Published by Currier & Ives in New York in 1890, it belongs to the firm's *Darktown* comics, a series of racist caricatures that portrayed African Americans as buffoons and reinforced stereotypes used to justify segregation and exclusion. The series sold well in its day, and historians now study it as evidence of how commercial lithography spread racial ridicule. It is best viewed as a document of that prejudice rather than as entertainment.
| Created / published | [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1890. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | c1983 |
| Notes | Caricature issued as part of the Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,093 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174336 |
More from the Historic Print Archive collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
