# Ferguson — The Innocents Abroad character guide

> Ferguson in The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ferguson, Titian, great Titian, Titian or Ferguson

**First appearance:** 0015-xiii

## Who they are

A guide or local figure in Italy, possibly confused with the painter Titian.

## In the story

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xiv)

Ferguson shows the narrator the tree where an attempt was made on the Russian Czar's life, and later guides the group to the Jardin Mabille and Asnieres.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xxiii)

Mentioned as 'great Titian' in the context of art criticism.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xxvii)

The Roman guide who is repeatedly bewildered by the group's indifference; called 'Ferguson' by the Doctor.

### [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xxxv)

The Turkish guide 'Faraway Moses' is called Ferguson by the travelers, much to his exasperation.

### [XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xli)

Mentioned as a 'choice specimen of a Greek Ferguson' in the chapter heading.

### [XLVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xlvii)

Interprets for the boatman and assists with drinking from the fountain.

### [XLIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xlix)

Implied as part of the group; the narrator refers to 'eight armed Christians' including himself and presumably Ferguson.

### [LVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/lvii)

Mentioned in the narrator's recollection of anxieties about the journey.

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