The Darktown Elopement: "Hurry Mr. Jonsing, dars dat chile lopin wif de coachman."
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Currier & Ives
Artist bio: American, active New York, 1857–1907
Artist role: Publisher
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1885
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 9 3/8 × 13 1/2 in. (23.8 × 34.3 cm)
Image and text: 10 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (26.7 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 1/8 in. (31.1 × 41 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
Accession year: 1952