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.
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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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- Woodruff
- Busted
- Our busy old women
- They can't hold him back
- Puck 11-18-1896 cover
- A cabinet that could afford it
- William Jennings Bryan's whistle-stop campaign
References
- "Week by Week" Weekly Mail (22 May 1909): 6.
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania, "Politics in Graphic Detail: Exploring History Through Political Cartoons" (digital exhibit, 2015).
- Don Carlos Seitz, Training for the Newspaper Trade (J. B. Lippincott 1916): 127-128.
- "Brooklyn Life Art Exhibition and Sale" Brooklyn Life (October 3, 1896): 2. via Newspapers.com
- Untitled brief note, Brooklyn Life (August 18, 1894): 6. via Newspapers.com
- "What Fools These Mortals Be! John S. Pughe" Puck 65(26 April 1909): 2.
- "Obituary Notes: John S. Pughe", The New York Times, April 20, 1909. Accessed May 12, 2017.
- "Between the Lines" Duke University Libraries, November 2013 to February 2014.