John Wilson Bengough was one of Canada's earliest cartoonists, as well as an editor, publisher, writer, poet, entertainer, and politician. Bengough is best remembered for his political cartoons in Grip, a satirical magazine he published and edited, which he modelled after the British humour magazine Punch.
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John Bengough (1819-1899), father of John Wilson Bengough, in 1899![(18 August 1871)"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwwA">"Who stole the people's money?" - "'Twas him."(18 August 1871) Thomas Nast's cartoons of the corruption in Tammany Hall contributed to the fall of Boss Tweed, and inspired Bengough to bring political cartooning to Canada.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Tammany_Ring%2C_Nast_crop.jpg/500px-Tammany_Ring%2C_Nast_crop.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
(18 August 1871)"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwwA">"Who stole the people's money?" - "'Twas him."(18 August 1871) Thomas Nast's cartoons of the corruption in Tammany Hall contributed to the fall of Boss Tweed, and inspired Bengough to bring political cartooning to Canada.
Portrait of Bengough from A Caricature History of Canadian Politics (1886)![(16 August 1873)"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwAXA">"Whither are we drifting?"(16 August 1873) John A. Macdonald proclaims "These hands are clean!" - scrawled on his hand is the message he had written to Hugh Allan: "I need another $10,000".](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/John_Wilson_Bengough_1873-08-16_Whither_are_we_drifting.jpg/330px-John_Wilson_Bengough_1873-08-16_Whither_are_we_drifting.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
(16 August 1873)"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwAXA">"Whither are we drifting?"(16 August 1873) John A. Macdonald proclaims "These hands are clean!" - scrawled on his hand is the message he had written to Hugh Allan: "I need another $10,000".
Grip's readership declined under Thomas Phillips Thompson's editorship.
Bengough toured giving chalk talks internationally.
"Teaching the Polly-ticians What to Say" (16 August 1873) John A. Macdonald was a favourite target of Bengough's, notably during the Pacific Scandal.Awards 2
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John Wilson Bengough was one of Canada's earliest cartoonists, as well as an editor, publisher, writer, poet, entertainer, and politician. Bengough is best remembered for his political cartoons in Grip, a satirical magazine he published and edited, which he modelled after the British humour magazine Punch. He published some cartoons under the pen name L. Côté.
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