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Tonsorial Art in the Darktown Style

James Cameron and Currier & Ives

Tonsorial Art in the Darktown Style

1890

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Tonsorial Art in the Darktown Style

James Cameron and Currier & Ives

Tonsorial Art in the Darktown Style

Tonsorial Art in the Darktown Style

1890

Physical Qualities Color lithograph, Sheet: 343 × 451 mm. (13 1/2 × 17 3/4 in.)
Portfolio/Series From 'The Darktown Series'
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sylvan Cohen, Baltimore
Object Number 1980.154

Artist

James Cameron

American, 1828-1963

American, 1828-1963
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Publisher

Currier & Ives

New York, 1857-1907

New York, 1857-1907
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A DARKTOWN TOURNAMENT - CLOSE QUARTERS
James Cameron and Currier & Ives
A Darktown Tournament - Close Quarters
1890
A CLASSICAL POET COMPOSING AN ECLOGUE ABOUT THE QUIET PASTORAL LIFE... "AND THESE WRETCHED JOURNALISTS WILL SAY THAT MY STYLE IS VAGUE. HOW ON EARTH CAN YOU BE CLEAR WITH SUCH COLLABORATORS?!"
Honoré Daumier
A classical poet composing an eclogue about the quiet pastoral life... "and these wretched journalists will say that my style is vague. How on earth can you be clear with such collaborators?!"
1840
DARKTOWN TROLLEY - CLAR DE TRACK WHEN DE BELL RINGS
James Cameron and Currier & Ives
Darktown Trolley - Clar de Track when de Bell Rings
1896
SEE HIM STRUT WITH SUCH A STYLE - YOU'D SWEAR HE WAS AN OFFICER OF THE ARTILLERY, AND THAT HE WAS CUT OUT FOR A GREAT LAWYER OR POWERFUL BUSINESS MAN.
Honoré Daumier
See him strut with such a style - you'd swear he was an officer of the artillery, and that he was cut out for a great lawyer or powerful business man.
1839
A DARKTOWN TOURNAMENT - THE FIRST TILT
James Cameron and Currier & Ives
A Darktown Tournament - The First Tilt
1890
SCIENTIFIC SHAVING ON THE DARKTOWN PLAN
James Cameron and Currier & Ives
Scientific Shaving on the Darktown Plan
1890