The Wasp — 1890 — page 404: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily a **title page and advertisement** for *The Illustrated Wasp*'s Christmas number, not a political cartoon page. The portrait shows **Benjamin Harrison**, identified by his signature below. The accompanying text praises Harrison as a Republican president of "strong and noble face" with "great principles of Republicanism," suggesting this is promotional rather than satirical. Below is a brief comedic sketch titled "Twilight Fancies"—a domestic scene where a husband catches his wife with another man's arm around her waist. The humor relies on the wife's excuse that she was merely "waiting" for the neighbor to pass. The page also advertises California scenery supplements and notes upcoming content about "fakes new and old," including a New York newspaper's fabricated story about cotton ejection, contrasted with a tall tale about a peach-stone shooting.