Leslie and all,

Thank you for the feedback. Are there any notes on the first appearance of
that illustration?

Barb

On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, Leslie MYRICK <
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> From some notes for a work in progress ...
> Tim Murphy (1865-1929) Comic actor born in Rupert, Vermont who also had a
> natural talent for drawing. Worked briefly as draughtsman for U. S. Patent
> Office, but was fired for drawing in the Patent Office Gazette of a
> caricature of James Blaine as a greenhorn farmer leaning over a fence ("How
> Time Murphy Lost His Job," Indianapolis Journal, 21 Oct 1901, 14). As an
> actor he was known for his performances in the Carpet Bagger and Bachelor's
> Romance.
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 6:47 AM Munkittrick Associates <
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> > Tim Murphy, according to Library of Congress Division of P & P.
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> > On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 11:10 PM Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
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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?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Barb
> > >
> >
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