Going It Blind – "Give me a Good Pair of Wheels and I'll Go it Blind"
After Robert A. Clarke Irish
Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier American
Not on view
Thomas Worth designed many satires for Currier & Ives whose humor derives from verbal-visual puns. This example shows a man swimming in a river confronted by a bear that has seized his rifle and killed his dog, separating the hunter from his clothes. The New York lithographic firm grew from a printing business established by Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888) in 1835. Expansion led, in 1857, to a partnership with brother-in-law James Merritt Ives (1824–1895). The firm operated until 1907, lithographing over 4,000 subjects for distribution across America and Europe. Until the 1880s, images were printed in monochrome, then hand-colored by women who worked for the company at home.
