“Erasmus Tweed and RJ Crowley” In a gloomy backdrop is large, square man with a bright orange beard and spectacles that are entirely too small for his face and a rough, grey tweed, coat, pants and top hat. He sneers at a waifish young man with drab clothing, a scarlet scarf and newsboy cap on his head. With hands clasped, the lad appears to have asked the man for something. Perched on the shoulder of the man is a crow, shouting “Caw!” Down at the boy,

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