Good Golly! I hope you flip it back! In Twain studies, altering historical materials for visual appeal dates back at least as far as Paine's biography which has a photo of twain cabins with Twain's written note below. To fit Twain's note into the space on that page (I:20) they rearranged it and reshot the "cut & pasted" image for the book. I'd have to go look to be certain, but I think one of the images in Henderson's 1910 (yes, 1910; not 1911 or 1912) book on Twain also has a flipped image. Historical facts really do matter when it comes to a slippery self-mythologizing fellow like Mark Twain. Kevin @ Mac Donnell Rare Books 9307 Glenlake Drive Austin TX 78730 512-345-4139 Member: ABAA, ILAB, BSA You can browse our books at: www.macdonnellrarebooks.com ------ Original Message ------ From: "scott" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] Sent: 4/23/2020 9:53:25 AM Subject: Re: Morgan Library Twain Collection Online >I plead guilty to reversing, and cropping, an image of Twain for the >title page of my Twain's Geography site. the photo of him in a >Vancouver hotel bed, with reporters standing around. I think I may >have had the Creation of Adam painting in mind. > >On Thu, 2020-04-23 at 11:49 +0000, Mac Donnell Rare Books wrote: >> Pure ignorance. Book designers often flip negatives deliberately for >> "visual" appeal, the historical record be damned, but in this case >> the >> cover lettering would have fit better if they'd correctly reproduced >> it, >> so it looks to me like a mistake. >> >> This happens all the time when coat buttons or other visual clues >> (like >> a building in the background) are not visible, but in this image it >> could not be more obvious. >> >> This would all have been made so much simpler (please don't make me >> explain why) if Twain had become a pirate instead of an author. >> >> Kevin >> @ >> Mac Donnell Rare Books >> 9307 Glenlake Drive >> Austin TX 78730 >> 512-345-4139 >> Member: ABAA, ILAB, BSA >> >> You can browse our books at: >>http://www.macdonnellrarebooks.com >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "DENNIS KELLY" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Sent: 4/22/2020 10:50:51 PM >> Subject: Re: Morgan Library Twain Collection Online >> >> > Anyone know why the cover portrait of Twain (Lyon photo) is printed >> > as a reverse image? >> > >> > Dennis Kelly >> > >> > >> > >> > > On Apr 22, 2020, at 5:51 AM, Mac Donnell Rare Books < >> > > [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > > >> > > The print catalog of that exhibit was published in 2010 and is >> > > widely available in the used book market. I see a bunged up copy >> > > listed on Biblio for $1.50, several on eBay for $5, and others >> > > for slightly more at ABE and other online venues. >> > > >> > > Kevin >> > > @ >> > > Mac Donnell Rare Books >> > > 9307 Glenlake Drive >> > > Austin TX 78730 >> > > 512-345-4139 >> > > Member: ABAA, ILAB, BSA >> > > >> > > You can browse our books at: >> > > http://www.macdonnellrarebooks.com >> > > >> > > >> > > ------ Original Message ------ >> > > From: "Joseph Csicsila" <[log in to unmask]> >> > > To: [log in to unmask] >> > > Sent: 4/22/2020 7:15:49 AM >> > > Subject: Morgan Library Twain Collection Online >> > > >> > > > Someone just share this with me. Passing it along in case >> > > > others had not >> > > > heard. >> > > > >> > > > >https://www.themorgan.org/collection/Mark-Twain-A-Skeptics-Progress >> > > > >> > > > Stay safe! >> > > > Joe >> > > > > >