Nice work, Ben! To find and convincingly present a "first" in Twain studies is something. Ben On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 12:12 AM, DENNIS KELLY <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thank you. This is a delightful bit of research and writing. > > Dennis Kelly > > > > > On Jul 21, 2017, at 7:01 PM, Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > Ben Griffin has just written an essay about San Francisco artist Edward > > Jump and his work depicting what is believed to be the first known > > caricature of Mark Twain. That essay is now online at: > > > > http://www.twainquotes.com/MTFirstCaricature.html > > > > Barb > -- Ben Click Professor, English Director, Writing & Speaking Center Director, Twain Lecture Series on American Humor and Culture (240) 895-4253 St. Mary's College of Maryland