Leon Barritt

Leon Barritt (1852–1938) was an American illustrator, cartoonist, journalist, and amateur astronomer. He produced a famous cartoon satirizing Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, co-invented with Garrett P. Serviss the Barritt–Serviss Star and Planet Finder, a popular star chart sold into the 1950s, and, after losing his artistic ability to paralysis, founded The Monthly Evening Sky Map magazine. Born in Saugerties, New York, he began as a news agent in his home town before moving to Boston to work as an engraver. After a year in Minnesota, he returned to New York in 1884, where he became cartoonist for the New York Press.^[1][2][3]

Leon Barritt
Born	(1852-11-05)November 5, 1852 Saugerties, New York
Died	1938
Occupation(s)	Illustrator, cartoonist

Gallery

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  Pulitzer and Hearst depicted as struggling over coverage of the US-Spanish War
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  "The Commercial Vampire" (1898), a commentary on the greed of large department stores
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  The Barritt–Serviss Star and Planet Finder

References

1. Smith, Michael Sullivan (2016). A Brief History of Saugerties. The History Press. pp. 130–133. ISBN 978-1-4671-3594-8.
2. Helfand, Jessica (2002). Reinventing the Wheel. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 25–26. ISBN 978-1-56898-596-1.
3. Jones, H. D. (1897). "Leon Barritt, a Man of Ideas". The Printer and Bookmaker. 24 (4): 162–164.