E. W. Kemble

Edward Winsor Kemble
Kemble c. 1910
BornJanuary 18, 1861
DiedSeptember 19, 1933 (aged 72)
Occupation(s)Illustrator, cartoonist
Known forCaricatures of African Americans
Notable workIllustrated first edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, illus. by Kemble (1st US ed., 1885)

Edward Winsor Kemble (January 18, 1861 – September 19, 1933), usually cited as E. W. Kemble, and sometimes referred to incorrectly as Edward Windsor Kemble, was an American illustrator. He is known best for illustrating the first edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and for his caricatures[1][2][3] of African Americans.

  1. ^ Martin, Jr., Francis (Jul 21, 2007). "To Ignore Is to Deny: E. W. Kemble's Racial Caricature as Popular Art". The Journal of Popular Culture. 40 (4): 655–682. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5931.2007.00429.x.
  2. ^ Bracewell, Joy Claire (2012). Transatlantic technologies of nationalism in the nineteenth century: exhibiting slavery in Hiram Powers's Greek slave, Uncle Tom's cabin, Pudd'nhead Wilson, and King Leopold's soliloquy (Ph.D. thesis). University of Georgia. OCLC 823496813.
  3. ^ Sonstegard, Adam (2009-03-01). "Artistic Liberty and Slave Imagery: "Mark Twain's Illustrator," E. W. Kemble, Turns to Harriet Beecher Stowe". Nineteenth-Century Literature. 63 (4): 499–542. doi:10.1525/ncl.2009.63.4.499. ISSN 0891-9356.

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