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That Bret Harte cartoon is interesting, even if Bret isn't so much. I noted 
the caption below the image "Men of the Day." That's the same name given to 
the series of cartoon portraits drawn by Frederick Waddy and published in 
England, in the journal `Once a Week.' Waddy's cartoons, very similar in 
style to this one by I F Eaton, appeared in 1872 and 1873 and were published 
in book form in London in 1873. Of course, among those cartoons was Waddy's 
famous cartoon of Mark Twain riding on the back of the jumping frog which 
Twain later used on a flyer advertising his lectures. Waddy's series did not 
include Bret Harte (at least Harte's not in his book, but perhaps he had 
appeared in `Once a Week'). Waddy's book also uses "Men of the Day" as its 
subtitle. This identical caption and the timing of the publications seem a 
highly unlikely coincidence.  But what exactly is the connection? Was `The 
Fifth Avenue Journal' inspired by Waddy's work to run its own series of 
cartoons? Were they simply copying Waddy's cartoons from `Once a Week.? Or 
vice versa? I dunno.

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Barbara Schmidt
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 2:34 PM
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Subject: Re: Question on illustration

Tracy,

The illustration is catalogued in WorldCat.org:

http://www.worldcat.org/title/men-of-the-day-no-22-brete-sic-harte/oclc/57747350&referer=brief_results

According to that entry it appeared in "The Fifth Avenue Journal"
copyrighted by Augustus P. Dunlop, 1872.  Notes on that Journal indicate it
was published every Wednesday at 27 City Hall Square, NY.   However, there
is no info given on which date the illustration appeared.

The entry also notes that a copy is held by Boston Athenaeum.

Barb 

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