Leslie and all, Thank you for the feedback. Are there any notes on the first appearance of that illustration? Barb On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, Leslie MYRICK < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > From some notes for a work in progress ... > Tim Murphy (1865-1929) Comic actor born in Rupert, Vermont who also had a > natural talent for drawing. Worked briefly as draughtsman for U. S. Patent > Office, but was fired for drawing in the Patent Office Gazette of a > caricature of James Blaine as a greenhorn farmer leaning over a fence ("How > Time Murphy Lost His Job," Indianapolis Journal, 21 Oct 1901, 14). As an > actor he was known for his performances in the Carpet Bagger and Bachelor's > Romance. > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 6:47 AM Munkittrick Associates < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Tim Murphy, according to Library of Congress Division of P & P. > > > > > > > > Alain Munkittrick, Associate > > Rosemary Munkittrick, Associate > > > > MUNKITTRICK ASSOCIATES, LLC > > Architecture, Interior Design and Space Planning > > PO Box 167 > > Cobalt, CT 06414 > > Tel: 860.342.4333 > > > > Street Delivery: > > 235 Middle Haddam Road > > Portland, CT 06480 > > > > This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential > and > > privileged information and is for use by the designated addressee(s) > named > > above only. Any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are > > not the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that you have > received > > this communication in error and that any use or reproduction of this > email > > or its contents is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > > replying to this message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. > > Munkittrick Associates. > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 11:10 PM Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > I have been asked to help identify the artist who drew the caricature > of > > > Mark Twain titled "A Man of Mark". Milton Meltzer published the graphic > > > (attached) in _Mark Twain Himself_, p. 152. Meltzer provides the > sources > > > and first publication for most of his graphics, but not this one. Has > > > anyone researched the first appearance and/or artist for this graphic? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Barb > > > > > >