 "All the sunshine of his life — and there seems to be a great store of it — he shares with all who will partake, and if he has any troubles he keeps them to himself. He is essentially a humorist, and one of the highest type. It is his mission to bring laughter into the world, and he succeeds beyond measure, and always cleanly, clearly, humanely. He reminds one of Thackeray's implied definition of humor when in description of Dickens he speaks of "that mixture of love and wit - humor, tender humor." - John Kendrick Bangs August 24, 1899 American artist Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell (March 5, 1862 – January 15, 1924) created hundreds of comical anthropomorphic illustrations during his career as a children's illustrator and author. He produced work for Harper's Weekly, the Saturday Evening Post and Judge, had his own comic strip called The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead and published his own books, including Peter Newell's Pictures and Rhymes. He also illustrated the works of Mark Twain, Steven Crane , Lewis Carrol and other authors. You can learn more about Peter Newell and see additional illustrations here.      
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From anthropomorphism to zoomorphism. Political cartoonist John Samuel Pughe used anthropomorphic animals in his political cartoons, but he also frequently gave politicians, countries and Greek gods the characteristics of animals. Pughe is best known for the cartoons he produced for Puck, America's first successful magazine of political satire.  In this cartoon by Pughe, Theodore Roosevelt toasts wild animals joining in a Thanksgiving feast.  An elephant representing the G.O.P picks up a playing card with Theodore Roosevelt's face.  Pughe depicts banker Richard McCurdy as a rat swimming away from a sinking ship named "Frenzied Insurance."  The god Neptune in fish form looks in dismay at the wrecks of the Spanish fleet during the Spanish-American War.  Pughe depicts politician John Bull as a bulldog holding a bone called "Free Trade" over a river. The reflection of the bone is labeled "Protection."  Pughe depicts William Jennings Bryan and the Populist Party as a snake devouring a donkey representing the Democratic Party.  Pughe depicts the rulers of Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, and England as chickens trying to hatch an egg labeled "China." You can see additional work by Pughe here.
French artist Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (13 September 1803 – 17 March 1847) is best known by his chosen pseudonym J. J. Grandville. His imaginative art has inspired generations of political cartoonists and surrealists. The images below are from Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux and Un Autre Monde .
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From Un Autre Monde (1844)
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