J. S. Pughe
{{short description|American illustrator}}
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
John Samuel Pughe was born in Dolgelley, Merionethshire, Wales, and brought to America by his parents when he was two years old.[http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3379564/3379570/130/ "Week by Week"] Weekly Mail (22 May 1909): 6. He studied art at Cooper Union.Historical Society of Pennsylvania, [http://digitalhistory.hsp.org/hint/politics-graphic-detail/person/js-john-s-pughe "Politics in Graphic Detail: Exploring History Through Political Cartoons"] (digital exhibit, 2015).
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.Don Carlos Seitz, [https://books.google.com/books?id=yj0CAAAAYAAJ&dq=John%20S.%20Pughe%20Puck&pg=PA128 Training for the Newspaper Trade] (J. B. Lippincott 1916): 127-128.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4987198/brooklyn_life_art_exhibition_and_sale/ "Brooklyn Life Art Exhibition and Sale"] Brooklyn Life (October 3, 1896): 2. via Newspapers.com{{open access}}[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4987126/j_s_pughe_as_new_cartoonist_for_puck/ Untitled brief note], Brooklyn Life (August 18, 1894): 6. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} He began working at Puck magazine in 1894. He was a regular contributor there until his last cartoon for them, in December 1908.[https://books.google.com/books?id=E-1CAQAAIAAJ&dq=John%20S.%20Pughe%20Puck&pg=PT243 "What Fools These Mortals Be! John S. Pughe"] Puck 65(26 April 1909): 2.
Personal life
Pughe died in 1909, age 38, at Lakehurst, New Jersey, where he had been spending several months to improve his health.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/04/20/101035116.pdf "Obituary Notes: John S. Pughe"], The New York Times, April 20, 1909. Accessed May 12, 2017.
Work by Pughe were included in a recent digital exhibit, "Politics in Graphic Detail," created by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. A lithograph of a Pughe cartoon was also included in "Between the Lines", an exhibit at Duke University Libraries in 2013-2014.[http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/betweenthelines/intro/labels "Between the Lines"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129161352/http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/betweenthelines/intro/labels |date=2020-01-29 }} Duke University Libraries, November 2013 to February 2014.
Selected works
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File:Puck woodruff.jpg|Woodruff
File:"Busted!" - J.S. Pughe. LCCN2012647393.jpg|Busted
File:Our busy old women.jpg|Our busy old women
File:They can't hold him back.jpg|They can't hold him back
File:Puck 11-18-1896 cover.JPG|Puck 11-18-1896 cover
File:A cabinet that could afford it.jpg|A cabinet that could afford it
File:Political cartoon mocking William Jennings Bryan's whistle-stop campaign.jpg|William Jennings Bryan's whistle-stop campaign
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