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This collection is arranged chronologically by cartoon publication date. Listings of the each cartoon caption, date, and artist are available in each box.
Gift of Bill Loughman, 2012
[identification of item], Bill Loughman Collection of Walt McDougall and Valerian Gribayedoff Cartoon Tearsheets, SPEC.CGA.BL, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Wendy Pflug, 2012 May; Finding aid written by: Wendy Pflug, 2012 May
Walter Hugh McDougall was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1858. He developed an interest in art through his father who was a painter. McDougall began his career in the 1870s as an engraver for the
McDougall had the distinction to have the first cartoon printed in color in an American newspaper on May 21, 1893. In 1894 his collaboration with cartoonist Mark Fenderson "The Unfortunate Fate of a Well-Intended Dog," became the first color comic strip in an American newspaper. In 1898, McDougall drew the largest single-panel cartoon ever for
One of McDougall's most well-known cartoons appeared on the front page of The New York World on October 30, 1884. The cartoon illustrated Republican presidential candidate James G. Blaine dining at a New York City restaurant with wealthy businessmen. The caption read: "The Royal Feast of Belshazzar Blaine and the Money Kings." This work has been noted by historians as one of the main reasons Blaine was defeated in the election five days later. Many historians believe that "The Royal Feast" was a historically important to the development and evolution of political cartoons as was Thomas Nast's caricatures of Boss Tweed and Benjamin Franklin's famous "Join or Die" cartoon created in 1754 at the beginning of war with France.
Walt McDougall also produced hundreds of full-age one-shot gags for Sunday comic sections as well as numerous Sunday comic strips including "Fatty Felix," "Peck's Bad Boy," "The Wizard of Oz," and "Handsome Hautrey" for the
After spending the last 20 years of life in seclusion in Connecticut, Walt McDougall committed suicide in March 1938 at the age of 80.
Valerian Gribayedoff was born in Kronstadt, Russia in 1858. He was educated in St. Petersburg, England, France, and Germany. Gribayedoff later came to America to work as a journalist and rose to prominence by recreating drawings from photos to be included in the newspapers. His portraits were considered more lifelike than others in the field. His last work for an American newspaper was covering the Russo-Japanese War as a correspondent in Siberia. He died in Paris in 1908.
Is an avid collector of cartoon history.
The collection features newspaper tearsheets of cartoons illustrated by artists Walt McDougall and Valerian Gribayedoff. The cartoons range in size- full page, half page, quarter page, and smaller blocks, and are printed in both color and black and white. The majority of cartoons were published in
The collection also contains 77 cartoons illustrated by Valerian Gribayedoff. These drawings are found within the same tearsheets as McDougall's cartoons, often signed with his initals V.G. Interestingly, "The Royal Feast..."cartoon is also signed by Gribayedoff.
The Bill Loughman Collection of Walt McDougall and Valerian Gribayedoff tearsheets is 15.03 linear in 9 boxes. The material came from the collection of Bill Loughman and was donated to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in 2012. The tearsheets have been arranged by publication date. A complete listing of cartoon titles and dates can be found within each box. The cartoons on the tear sheets have been described and imaged in the
The collection was assembled, owned, and maintained by Bill Loughman.
5 comics; assorted dates.