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Birth
1834 (New York City)
Death
1917 (Staten Island, New York)
Lived/Active
New York
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sport genre illustration-horse racing
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illustrator, Thomas Worth was one of the best-known artists for the New
York lithography firm of Currier and Ives, beginning that association
in 1855. Much of his popularity was tied to his comical genre
scenes, especially for his Darktown series, which was "overtly
racist" (Reed 27) with depictions of African-American
figures. Called 'The Darktowns', these drawings that became
lithographs were humorous interpretations of nearly every aspect of
'Negro' life: h (showing 500 of 3515 characters). |
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