J. S. Pughe

John Samuel Pughe (3 June 1870 – 19 April 1909), was a Welsh-born American political cartoonist, best known for his illustrations for Puck magazine.

The spider and the three silly flies, by J. S. Pughe, for Puck, October 1900

Early life and education

John Samuel Pughe was born in Dolgelley, Merionethshire, Wales, and brought to America by his parents when he was two years old.[1] He studied art at Cooper Union.[2]

Career

J. S. Pughe illustrated news stories for the New York Recorder, Brooklyn Life, and the Brooklyn edition of the World as a young man.[3][4][5] He began working at Puck magazine in 1894. He was a regular contributor there until his last cartoon for them, in December 1908.[6]

Personal life

Pughe died in 1909, age 38, at Lakehurst, New Jersey, where he had been spending several months to improve his health.[7]

Work by Pughe were included in a recent digital exhibit, "Politics in Graphic Detail," created by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.[2] A lithograph of a Pughe cartoon was also included in "Between the Lines", an exhibit at Duke University Libraries in 2013-2014.[8]

Selected works
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References
  1. "Week by Week" Weekly Mail (22 May 1909): 6.
  2. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, "Politics in Graphic Detail: Exploring History Through Political Cartoons" (digital exhibit, 2015).
  3. Don Carlos Seitz, Training for the Newspaper Trade (J. B. Lippincott 1916): 127-128.
  4. "Brooklyn Life Art Exhibition and Sale" Brooklyn Life (October 3, 1896): 2. via Newspapers.comopen access
  5. Untitled brief note, Brooklyn Life (August 18, 1894): 6. via Newspapers.comopen access
  6. "What Fools These Mortals Be! John S. Pughe" Puck 65(26 April 1909): 2.
  7. "Obituary Notes: John S. Pughe", The New York Times, April 20, 1909. Accessed May 12, 2017.
  8. "Between the Lines" Duke University Libraries, November 2013 to February 2014.
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