Frank Beard

Born in 1842 and active in the United States, Frank Beard built a varied career as an illustrator, cartoonist, and chalk-talk artist. He was creating published political cartoons by the early 1860s, and later became known for drawings and caricatures that reached a wide popular audience.

Beard also worked extensively as a magazine and book illustrator. He is especially associated with cartoon and humorous art, and with illustrated religious and educational material, including works connected with Sunday school teaching and chalk lessons.

He died in 1905. Today, he is remembered as one of those versatile 19th-century figures who could entertain, instruct, and comment on public life with the same quick pen.