Thaks Allison. I've looked again at the illustations and you are right. Roxy is the subsidiary figure in the illustration (after comparing with the later illustrations again). Given the 'Aunt Jemima' figure is the predominant one and that this is the first illustration of Roxy seen (in the Autograph edition too) that raises the interesting possibility that Kemble himself is playing on the same gap that Twain is - between expectations of African-American stereotype and a very different reality. Yes? Many thanks to all who answered. Pete >>> aensor <[log in to unmask]> 06/07/06 18:00:55 >>> Pete, Your question has been answered: the Kemble illustration of Roxy and others did not appear in the first edition. Kemble has been criticized for years for having presented Roxy as an "Aunt Jemima" type, in apparent disregard of what Twain's text says about her. But I want to mention a possibility that is not original with me: can it be that the figure on the right is NOT Roxy? Could it be that Roxy is the figure whose face we see in the middle? Would that fit the caption better? It seems to me a convincing argument, especially since it makes Kemble not quite so dense. Allison Ensor University of Tennessee