James Albert Wales, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

James Albert Wales

caricaturist

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1852

Place of Birth: Clyde, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 06-Dec-1886

Profession: cartoonist, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About James Albert Wales

  • James Albert Wales (30 August 1852 in Clyde, Ohio – 6 December 1886 in New York City) was a caricaturist.
  • After leaving school, he apprenticed himself to a wood engraver in Toledo, but soon afterward went to Cincinnati, and thence to Cleveland, where he drew cartoons for the Leader during the presidential canvass of 1872.
  • After working for some time in Chicago and Cleveland, he went to New York in 1873, and two years later secured an engagement on an illustrated newspaper.
  • Afterward he was employed on Puck, in which some of his best works appeared.
  • In 1881 he went abroad, and after his return he became one of the founders of Judge, and was for some time its chief cartoonist.
  • He specialized in antisemitic attacks ridiculing Jews.
  • In 1882 he wrote about Jews in Judge: They and their money already rule Europe, and it is only a question of time when they will do the same in our own country, and the world at large. He returned to Puck in 1885, and continued his attacks on Jews.
  • Wales was the only prominent caricaturist of the newer school who was born in America.
  • He was clever at portraiture, and produced some excellent cartoons.

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