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John Samuel Pughe

John Samuel Pughe, was a Welsh-born American political cartoonist, best known for his illustrations for Puck magazine.

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

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

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

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Privileged sport

Privileged sport (1909)

Udo Keppler (American, 1872 – 1956)
March millinery

March millinery (1911)

Frank Arthur Nankivell (Australian, 1869–1959)
The Dingley millennium – it has made everybody happy

The Dingley millennium – it has made everybody happy (1898)

Louis Dalrymple (American, 1866 – 1905)
The father of his country

The father of his country (1909)

Louis Glackens (American, 1866-1933)
Gee, but you look funny!

Gee, but you look funny! (1912)

Will Crawford (American, 1869–1944)
The chorus of the newly-converted communists

The chorus of the newly-converted communists (1894)

Louis Dalrymple (American, 1866 – 1905)
America’s knight, the world’s challenger

America’s knight, the world’s challenger (1911)

Udo Keppler (American, 1872 – 1956)
First annual picnic of the ‘Knights of Labor’ – more fun for the spectators than for the performers

First annual picnic of the ‘Knights of Labor’ – more fun for the spectators than for the performers (1882)

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler (American, 1838 – 1894)
The diversions of high society

The diversions of high society (1905)

Albert Levering (American, 1869 - 1929)
Their descendants

Their descendants (1901)

Samuel Ehrhart (American, 1862-1937)
Where’s my square deal

Where’s my square deal (1905)

John Samuel Pughe (American, 1870-1909)
A senatorial desperado

A senatorial desperado (1893)

Louis Dalrymple (American, 1866 – 1905)
To begin with, ‘I’ll paint the town red

To begin with, ‘I’ll paint the town red (1885)

Grant Hamilton (American, 1862-1926)
This is the man who tells his wife that ‘woman’s place is in the home’

This is the man who tells his wife that ‘woman’s place is in the home’ (1912)

William Ely Hill (American, 1887–1962)
The politician and his dupes

The politician and his dupes (1902)

Walter H. Gallaway (American, 1870-1911)
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