John Samuel Pughe
Puck magazine political cartoonist
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.
Artworks by this artist
- The same old game 1900
- An object lesson 1901
- The flag must ‘stay put’ 1902
- Trying to float the old wreck 1900
- A new scythe cuts clean 1902
- Wireless telegraphy 1902
- He won’t let go 1908
- The threatened revolt in the jungle 1898
- The shade of Jefferson protests 1902
- Caged 1907
- In the court of public opinion 1903
- The new girl 1897
- A timely warning 1903
- Business is business 1898
- Declined with thanks 1895
- Et tu, Brute! 1902
- Father Knickerbocker’s fight for a sensible Sunday law 1901
- Just what might have been expected 1895
- Looking for help 1903
- Mon Dieu! Are there any more at home like you 1906