Object Record
Images
Metadata
Accession # |
AC2006.3.30 |
Item Name |
Cartoon Ink Drawing |
Description |
Untitled black ink over pencil drawing on paper by Canadian artist John Wilson Bengough (1851-1923), drawn in 1914; it is a caricature of a baker or butcher, likely from Fergus; he is portrayed in profile, facing left; he has short black hair, parted on the side, and is wearing pin-striped pants, a dress shirt and tie, over which he wears a white apron; he is holding in front of him a loaf of bread or two parcels of meat; signed lower left, "J.W.Bengough". ART BOX 3 |
Date |
1914 |
Provenance |
John Wilson Bengough (1851-1923) was a Canadian cartoonist who began with the [Toronto] Globe newspaper before founding his own satirical weekly, Grip (1873-1894). See Canadian Encyclopaedia for further details. The Fergus News-Record of 22 January 1914 reported that the services of cartoonist J.W. Bengough had been secured for a day and a half. The first of these commissioned cartoons was published in the News Record on 12 February 1914, and depicted His Worship, the Mayor, T.N. Wansborough. Of the thirty-two cartoons that comprise AC2006.3, sixteen, accompanied by biographical information, appeared in the paper every second week or so, until the end of 1914. In this particular case, the subject of the caricature is unidentified, though he may be William A. Jackson, Andrew H. Foote, or John Graham, all of whom are listed in the 1910 Directory as bakers in Fergus. It could also be Charles Mills, Robert Dobbie, William Black, or Joseph Forster who, along with William A. Jackson, are listed as bakers in Fergus in the 1911 Census. Fergus butchers listed in the 1910 Directory include Michael Bergin and Fred Hartman. Those listed in the 1911 Census are Joseph Bergin, Michael Bergin, William Chapman, Richard Stait, John Kirvay [Kirvan?], and Thomas Burns. There are no instructions to the engraver on the reverse, so this image might not have been published. |
Person \ Organization |
Baker Bengough, John Wilson (J. W.) Bergin, Joe Bergin, Michael Black, William Burns, Thomas Butcher Chapman, William Dobbie, Robert Fergus News Record Foote, A. H. Foote, Andy Forster, Joe Globe Graham, John Grip Hartman, Fred Jackson, William Kirvan, John Mills, Charles Stait, Richard |
Place |
Canada Fergus Ontario Toronto |
Year Range from |
1914 |
Year Range to |
1914 |
Art number |
Art 849 |
Creator \ Maker |
Bengough, John Wilson (J. W.) |
Subjects |
Commercial Humour Portrait |
Title (art only) |
Untitled |
Art Image size |
17.8 (h) x 7.9 (w) cm |