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.

Early life and education[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Samuel Pughe.

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  Woodruff
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  Busted
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  Our busy old women
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  They can't hold him back
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  Puck 11-18-1896 cover
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  A cabinet that could afford it
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  William Jennings Bryan's whistle-stop campaign

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