The Wasp — March 6, 1880 — page 18: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

I can see this is a test page or calibration sheet rather than a cartoon or editorial content from *The Wasp* magazine. The image shows a color checker or grayscale reference chart with various gray squares of different tones arranged in a grid pattern on the left side, alongside a measurement ruler showing numbers 6-11. At the bottom is a standard ruler with inch markings. This appears to be documentation photography—likely used for quality control, archival purposes, or reproduction standards when scanning historical materials. It's not satirical or editorial content, but rather technical apparatus used in the digitization or archival process of the magazine itself.