Self-portrait engraved on copper and signed "Done by Truly Yours Mark Twain" : one of the souvenirs presented to guests at the dinner, 28 Nov. 1902, honoring Clemens' 67th birthday. 1902.

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Self-portrait engraved on copper and signed "Done by Truly Yours Mark Twain" : one of the souvenirs presented to guests at the dinner, 28 Nov. 1902, honoring Clemens' 67th birthday. 1902.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270924256

Self portrait with the engraved note "N.B.I cannot make a good mouth, therefore I leave it out and there is enough without it anyway. Done with the best ink. M.T." This example also bears a paper label with Clemens' autograph inscription "J. Pierpont Morgan. For financial advice apply without diffidence to Mark Twain."

1 item : engraving on copper ; 128 x 76 mm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943

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Epithet: of MS Facsimile Suppl. II British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x000172 American financier. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to Mrs. Ackermann, 1918 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874981 ...

Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913

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