Good Golly! I hope you flip it back!
In Twain studies, altering historical materials for visual appeal dates
back at least as far as Paine's biography which has a photo of twain
cabins with Twain's written note below. To fit Twain's note into the
space on that page (I:20) they rearranged it and reshot the "cut &
pasted" image for the book.
I'd have to go look to be certain, but I think one of the images in
Henderson's 1910 (yes, 1910; not 1911 or 1912) book on Twain also has a
flipped image.
Historical facts really do matter when it comes to a slippery
self-mythologizing fellow like Mark Twain.
Kevin
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------ Original Message ------
From: "scott" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
Sent: 4/23/2020 9:53:25 AM
Subject: Re: Morgan Library Twain Collection Online
>I plead guilty to reversing, and cropping, an image of Twain for the
>title page of my Twain's Geography site. the photo of him in a
>Vancouver hotel bed, with reporters standing around. I think I may
>have had the Creation of Adam painting in mind.
>
>On Thu, 2020-04-23 at 11:49 +0000, Mac Donnell Rare Books wrote:
>> Pure ignorance. Book designers often flip negatives deliberately for
>> "visual" appeal, the historical record be damned, but in this case
>> the
>> cover lettering would have fit better if they'd correctly reproduced
>> it,
>> so it looks to me like a mistake.
>>
>> This happens all the time when coat buttons or other visual clues
>> (like
>> a building in the background) are not visible, but in this image it
>> could not be more obvious.
>>
>> This would all have been made so much simpler (please don't make me
>> explain why) if Twain had become a pirate instead of an author.
>>
>> Kevin
>> @
>> Mac Donnell Rare Books
>> 9307 Glenlake Drive
>> Austin TX 78730
>> 512-345-4139
>> Member: ABAA, ILAB, BSA
>>
>> You can browse our books at:
>>http://www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
>>
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "DENNIS KELLY" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: 4/22/2020 10:50:51 PM
>> Subject: Re: Morgan Library Twain Collection Online
>>
>> > Anyone know why the cover portrait of Twain (Lyon photo) is printed
>> > as a reverse image?
>> >
>> > Dennis Kelly
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Apr 22, 2020, at 5:51 AM, Mac Donnell Rare Books <
>> > > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > The print catalog of that exhibit was published in 2010 and is
>> > > widely available in the used book market. I see a bunged up copy
>> > > listed on Biblio for $1.50, several on eBay for $5, and others
>> > > for slightly more at ABE and other online venues.
>> > >
>> > > Kevin
>> > > @
>> > > Mac Donnell Rare Books
>> > > 9307 Glenlake Drive
>> > > Austin TX 78730
>> > > 512-345-4139
>> > > Member: ABAA, ILAB, BSA
>> > >
>> > > You can browse our books at:
>> > > http://www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > ------ Original Message ------
>> > > From: "Joseph Csicsila" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > > Sent: 4/22/2020 7:15:49 AM
>> > > Subject: Morgan Library Twain Collection Online
>> > >
>> > > > Someone just share this with me. Passing it along in case
>> > > > others had not
>> > > > heard.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>https://www.themorgan.org/collection/Mark-Twain-A-Skeptics-Progress
>> > > >
>> > > > Stay safe!
>> > > > Joe
>> > > >
>
>
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