Draper Hill

{{Short description|American cartoonist and writer}}

Draper Hill (1935 – May 13, 2009) was an American cartoonist and writer.'[http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20090518/NEWS/305189669 L. Draper Hill, editorial cartoonist with Ledger roots, dies]', The Patriot Ledger (May 18, 2009).

He was educated at Harvard University and from 1958 until 1964 he worked as a reporter and cartoonist for The Patriot Ledger. He was also the editorial cartoonist for the Memphis Commercial Appeal (1971 -1976) and the Detroit News (1976-1999).

Works

  • Cartoon and Caricature from Hogarth to Hoffnung (1962).
  • Mr. Gillray: The Caricaturist, A Biography (1965).
  • Fashionable Contrasts: Caricatures by James Gillray (1966).
  • The Satirical Etchings of James Gillray (1976).
  • (with John Adler), Doomed by Cartoon: How Cartoonist Thomas Nast and the New York Times Brought Down Boss Tweed and His Ring of Thieves (2008).

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