Edward Winsor Kemble, usually cited as E. W. Kemble, was an American illustrator born in Sacramento, California. In 1875, he was enrolled at a boarding school in Philadelphia, which was a center of artistic activity. He was a successful contributor to periodicals became the major political cartoonist for the New York Daily Graphic. Mark Twain employed Kemble to illustrate Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Kemble subsequently illustrated several other famous books, including Twain's Puddin' Head Wilson, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, Washington Irving's Knickerbocker History of New York, and many of Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus stories. Kemble is also known for his racist caricatures of African Americans.
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