I meant to include this link... https://sites.google.com/view/thehousethatjackbuilt-stephens/home *Richard Henzel* *Narrator/Producer/Publisher* *The Mark Twain In Person Audiobook Library <http://www.richardhenzel.com/marktwain.html>* *The Off The Grid Audiobook Library <https://www.facebook.com/RVLifeAudio/>* *Rusty Wilson's Bigfoot Adventures <https://www.facebook.com/richhenz/>!* On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 8:04 AM Richard Henzel <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I was reading Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and became obsessed > with the political cartoons distributed throughout the booklet by H. L. > Stephens caricaturing Jay Gould and others involved in the Erie Railroad > Scandal. > > In his reworking of the children's nursery rhyme "The House That Jack > Built," Stephens draws various men involved in the scandal as the animals > and people in the story. So I'm trying to figure out is who (whom is whom?) > in the sketches: > > Jack, the jackass on the title page has the cock-eyed look of James Fisk. > I thought Jay Gould at first, but the Eyes... > > The rat is clearly Fisk (he ordered a military uniform for a photo but > never served), the cat I can't identify, the dog has Jay Gould's beard and > hair, the cow is labeled "The Courts" (Barnard misspelled "Banad" for > some reason) is the court. The maiden with the long mustache milking the > cow branded TGP has to be Judge Barnard himself, the only figure in the > scandal with such a long dark mustache. The man all tattered and torn has > five heads: in front are (l to r) Gould, Fisk, and Vanderbilt, and behind > them are two more heads. One, the bald one with chin whiskers who I believe > is also the Cat in the previous panels. And at the wedding, the priest > appears to be Gould again, who is also still one of the five heads on the > groom. So I think I've identified all of them but the cat and the balding > fellow with the goatee in the back... > > Any suggestions? > > Richard Henzel > >