Help Needed

[L Verge]

(05-27-2015 12:27 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  

(05-27-2015 12:04 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I'm striking out in trying to respond to a phone call that I received this morning from a gentleman who will be giving a talk on the assassination next week. It is his first such talk, and he is including the Ring of Conspirators lithograph in his presentation with a lead-in of "which conspirator is missing."

That answer is easy, but his next question to me was "why?" That's been a question for many of us over the years, and I'm not sure that we will ever have a definite answer. However, this gentleman's next question also blind-sided me. Who produced that lithograph and when?

I have been cherchezing that topic for nearly an hour and have come up with nada. Anyone out there with an answer?

The one that's missing Dr. Mudd? If so, according to Swanson and Weinberg, it first appeared as the frontispiece on Benn Pittman's published trial transcript. There's an engraver's name printed on the frontispiece, but I can't read it.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov//service/lawlib/la...00hero.pdf

Thank you so much. I had started with the LOC, but must have overlooked it. The Van Doren Stern edition of Pitman is sitting right beside my desk, and when I opened it, I was able to read the engraver's name as A.B. Ritchie. Under that is the publishing company, so Mr. Ritchie likely worked for the publisher.

Anyone have any guesses as to why Dr. Mudd was not included in the Ring of Conspirators?