No Place for Him
Datenot dated
Artist
Thomas Worth
(American illustrator, 1834–1917)
Illustration CitationDate and place of publication not identified
MediumCommercial printing process with ink and gouache
Dimensionssheet: 11 13/16 × 9 15/16 in. (30 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-201
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThomas Worth began his career as a free-lance illustrator, supplying drawings for Currier and Ives, a New York firm that produced lithographs, often of domestic, humorous, and patriotic scenes, and reproductions of works of art, especially political satire. He then moved to Harper and Brothers; his work appeared in their publications for decades. He adapted readily to color, producing numerous magazines covers in color. Worth's series "Darktown" for Currier and Ives was very popular; it was the overtly racist type of depiction of African Americans that viewers of the time found amusing.
