All Right!
1846–56
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 12 3/8 × 8 3/4 in. (31.4 × 22.2 cm) Sheet: 15 1/4 × 10 1/16 in. (38.8 × 25.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Accession Number
63.550.449
Tags
Art Historical Context
**All Right!** is a delightful hand-colored lithograph by Currier, created between 1846 and 1856. Currier, a pioneering American printmaker who founded the famed Currier & Ives firm 1835, specialized in affordable, vividly colored images that captured the spirit of everyday life news events, and humor for the growing middle class. This, measuring about 12½ by 8¾ inches, exemplifies the lithography technique that allowed for mass production while hand-coloring added a touch of artisanal charm, making art accessible beyond elite collectors. The scene playfully features dogs engaged in smoking p...