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| Born | Truman W. Williams March 22, 1839 |
| Died | November 23, 1897 (aged 58) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Illustration |
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Truman W. "True" Williams (March 22, 1839 – November 23, 1897) was an American artist known as the most prolific illustrator to Mark Twain's books and novels. He illustrated the first edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and was thus the first to visually portray such characters as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.[1] He was also sole illustrator of Twain's Sketches, New and Old and primary illustrator of Roughing It and The Innocents Abroad. Working with a number of publishers he also illustrated works by writers Bill Nye, George W. Peck, Joaquin Miller, and others. [2] He was also a notorious drunk, which slowed his work and made him unreliable.[3]
- ^ Rasmussen 2014.
- ^ Hearn 2001, p. xliv.
- ^ Powers 2005, p. 302.