The Wasp — 1877 — page 177: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *The Wasp* (October 13, 1877) contains two sketched portraits labeled as caricatures. The top figure is labeled "Benjamin F. Lee Warin" and the bottom "Joseph C. Duncan," though the exact context of their satirical depiction isn't entirely clear from the visible text alone. Both appear to be exaggerated character sketches typical of 19th-century political satire. The accompanying text references "Secretary of the Safe Deposit" and mentions "powder keg" and "lower bunk," suggesting these were public figures involved in some contemporary political or business scandal. Without additional context about these specific individuals and the events of October 1877, the precise satirical point remains unclear, though the caricatured style indicates they were subjects of public ridicule.