The Wasp — 1891 — page 201: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page depicts three separate cases of what appears to be medical or criminal fraud. The top cartoon shows "Crimmons and Kelly," described as having remarkably similar bodies with disproportionately small heads—suggesting they're con artists or fraudsters of some kind. The middle figure "Julian" is captioned as "a victim [who] suffers from enlargement of the cranium" and holds an ornate picture frame, implying he's been deceived or swindled, possibly in an art fraud scheme involving his supposed artistic patronage. The right figure "Jim Corbett" is noted as "another bad case of enlarged head"—likely a reference to boxer James J. Corbett, satirizing his arrogance or celebrity pretension. The bottom text references "a strange disease" spreading from San Francisco, connecting these disparate frauds as symptoms of widespread deception afflicting the city.