John Wilson Bengough

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John Bengough

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.

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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.