John Wilson Bengough
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John Wilson Bengough (7 April 1851 – 2 October 1923) was one of Canada's first cartoonists. He was born in Toronto, but grew up in Whitby. He first worked as a cartoonist for the Globe in 1871. He rose to prominence through the publication of Grip, a weekly humour magazine that he founded and published himself out of Toronto from 1873 until 1892. He later worked as a newspaper cartoonist for the Toronto Globe and the Montreal Star. Bengough died of a heart attack at his drawing board.
There is a small town in southern Saskatchewan, Canada, named after Bengough.
The Art Gallery of Ontario presented an exhibition of Bengough's drawings in 1969.
[edit] Bibliography
- A Caricature History of Canadian Politics. Events From the Union of 1841, As Illustrated by Cartoons From "Grip", and Various Other Sources (1886) by John Wilson Bengough.
- Puffe and Co. (c. 1900) by J. W. Bengough.
- On True Political Economy (1908) by J. W. Bengough.
- Life and Work of J.W. Bengough (No date), by Thomas Bengough.
J.W. Bengough also has a small town in Saskatchewan (Bengough),close to the U.S border, named after him.
[edit] External links
- The Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame
- Canadian Cartoonists Club profile
- Bengough's Cartoons: a profile
- online version of On True Political Economy
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
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