signature of the 👨🎤 artist is right there ... bottom left
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> On Sep 23, 2020, at 12:29 AM, Lee, Judith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> The figure looks more like Hal Holbrook than Sam Clemens.
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> Judith Yaross Lee, Ph.D.
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> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 11:10:28 PM
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> Subject: Artist identification ?
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> I have been asked to help identify the artist who drew the caricature of
> Mark Twain titled "A Man of Mark". Milton Meltzer published the graphic
> (attached) in _Mark Twain Himself_, p. 152. Meltzer provides the sources
> and first publication for most of his graphics, but not this one. Has
> anyone researched the first appearance and/or artist for this graphic?
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> Thanks,
> Barb