Then again, the figure with the side whiskers standing in the background (page 39) fits more closely with the Vanderbilt caricatures I've seen. I was referring earlier to the third member of the robber baron chimera in the wedding scene. https://books.google.com/books?id=j5UOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=%22house+that+jack+built%22+twain&source=bl&ots=rnI5mwF6Ns&sig=ACfU3U2UO45hHQ1tlMTLlNxVToHF1wUdvg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwir_YqEnJfmAhUCT98KHR88BEoQ6AEwC3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22house%20that%20jack%20built%22%20twain&f=false On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 10:05 AM Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Horace Greeley? > > Barb > > On Monday, December 2, 2019, 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 > > >