Thanks Matthew and Leslie--great help!! *Richard* On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 9:57 AM Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Below you’ll see the list of allegorical concordances. I recommend Charles > Francis Adams’s “Chapters of Erie” or John Steele Gordon’s The Scarlet > Woman of Wall Street if you want the dirty details. The only one of > uncertain about, beside the cow, is the fifth head of “the Man,” which I > think is the con-artist who worked with Gould (Lord Gordon Gordon), but > might be Joseph H. Ramsey (of the Albany & Susquehanna), who was also part > of the conspiracy. > > Jack = Daniel Drew > Rat = Jim Fisk > Cat = Horace Greeley > Dog = Charles Dana > Cow = The Good People? > Maiden = Judge George G. Barnard > Hydra-Headed Man = Fisk, Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Boss Tweed, Lord > Gordon Gordon (?) > Priest = J. P. Morgan > Cock= Governor John T. Hoffman > > > > On Dec 2, 2019, at 9:04 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 > > *************** > Matt Seybold > Assistant Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies > Elmira College > Editor, MarkTwainStudies.org > MattSeybold.com >